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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1
BREAKING: KRISTI NOEM IS OUT AT DHS. TRUMP SAYS HE'S REPLACING HER WITH SEN. MARKWAYNE MULLIN.

1:50 PM Mar 5, 2026

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney 27m
AND/BUT it's not clear how Trump can simply announce this is effective on March 31. Mullin is not Senate-confirmed and not eligible to become acting secretary under laws governing cabinet-level vacancies.

...just a pack of scurrying rats.




https://www.notus.org/oklahoma/markwayne-mullin-disclosures

...as I understand the process of replacing her,

Per the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, acting DHS Secretary can only be: the first assistant (deputy), another executive PAS officer, or a qualifying senior DHS employee. A sitting Senator like Mullin qualifies for none he's legislative, not executive. Trump announced the full Secretary role effective March 31, so this assumes immediate nomination + Senate confirmation by then. That's ambitious (hearings typically take longer). If Noem departs first without confirmation, the deputy would act.