The Oklahoma Republican faced a glide path to confirmation with the help of two Democratic senators.

President Donald Trump on Monday encouraged Republicans not to agree to a Department of Homeland Security funding deal that doesn't include the SAVE Act. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: In any event, the Democrats are being blamed by the American people for the catastrophe going on right now at our airports and at other points of transportation and beyond.

Former Vice President Mike Pence tells Fox News Digital that with "American forces in harms way... it’s never been more important" to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

The state of Michigan and Romulus city officials are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security to block a detention center for 500 immigrants.

Nearly 12% of all TSA officers who were scheduled to work on Sunday called out – the most since the start of the partial government shutdown.

Senators moved to speed the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, President Trump’s pick to lead the Homeland Security Department, to the Senate floor, setting him up to take over the

Okla., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, testified before the Senate Homeland

More than a month into the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are reckoning with their own travel privileges amid anxieties the funding crunch could exacerbate issues at already understaffed airports around the country.