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Live: Fact-checking Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s DHS secretary confirmation hearing

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Markwayne Mullin confirmation hearing 3-18-26 — Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

By Amy Sherman
March 18, 2026

By Maria Ramirez Uribe
March 18, 2026

By Zoe Weyand
March 18, 2026

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., will appear before a Senate committee March 18 for his confirmation hearing for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

President Donald Trump announced March 5 that he’s nominating Mullin to replace Kristi Noem as the head of DHS and Noem will head a western hemisphere security initiative as Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas.

PolitiFact will be fact-checking Mullin’s confirmation hearing live starting at 9:30 a.m. EDT. Follow along with our live fact-checking here on our website and across our social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok and X .

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