Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to be the president’s next head of homeland security on Sunday advanced toward final confirmation after the US Senate voted 54-37 to limit debate on the appointment. The confirmation vote could come sometime on Monday. If approved, as expected, Mullin would replace Kristi Noem, whom Trump fired from the role of homeland security secretary on 5 March. Mullin’s confirmation was all but assured on Thursday when the Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee voted to send it to the full chamber despite opposition from the panel’s chair, Kentucky senator
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