How outlets cover Markwayne Mullin SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY · Mar 16 – Mar 17, 2026
Trump Nominates Markwayne Mullin for Homeland Security Secretary
Trump picked Markwayne Mullin to lead Homeland Security. Coverage diverges between criticism of the choice and attention to confirmation support and the challenges awaiting him.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Mullin in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Mullin’s record.
Outlets report that President Donald Trump picked Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Left-leaning outlets portray the choice as troubling and recall Mullin’s confrontation with a union leader; the unrated articles instead focus on support for his confirmation and the challenges he could face at DHS.
Outlets by lean
2 RATED · 1 UNRATEDCompare by side
Crooks and Liars criticizes Trump’s selection and recalls Mullin’s confrontation with a union leader.
How outlets portrayed Mullin, by side
2 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 1 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
1 UNRATED ARTICLE NOT SHOWN
When each side covered it
MAR 16 – 17Articles per day by side. MAR 16: Left 1, Center 0, Right 0. MAR 17: Left 0, Center 25, Right 0.
No right-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does.No right-leaning outlet has covered this yet. We’ll alert you when one does, and when any new outlet covers it.