Senate panel advances Mullin nomination to lead DHS after testy hearing

Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee despite reservations from Democrats as well as the committee’s Republican chair. The roughly 3-minute meeting was a whirlwind process after a testy hearing just one day prior in which...