Senate advances Mullin to head Department of Homeland Security

The Senate voted Sunday to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) to succeed Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security, taking a step toward restoring stability at a department that has been in turmoil since the fatal shooting of two protesters in Minneapolis earlier this year. The Senate voted 54 to 37 to advance Mullin, setting up…