Tension is brewing between the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, sources say.The Secret Service is seeing a drastic increase in threats to the people it protects.
Plus, how “The Odyssey” is helping reshape the moviegoing experience.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Here’s what to know today.Tension between Markwayne Mullin and White House appears to be growing, sources sayHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks in Washington on July 17.Jim Lo Scalzo / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThere appears to be a growing tension between Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and the White House after some early missteps, according to a senior Trump administration official and a senior Department of Homeland Security official.This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.
Sign up here to get it in your inbox.These include last week’s call for ICE officers to temporarily pause vehicle stops and concerns about his choice to lead the immigration enforcement agency, the officials said.Mullin, the former Oklahoma senator who is only four months into his role, was brought in to lead a department at the forefront of President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy — immigration — and as the administration is trying to reboot its mass deportation effort.One supposed misstep happened last week, with Mullin’s order temporarily suspending vehicle traffic stops after two fatal shootings by ICE officers in Houston and Maine.
Trump reversed the order a day later.An administration official said Mullin’s sudden rule change was “100%” a bad move.
And Mullin’s decision to nominate one of his allies, Lance Schroyer, to run ICE, has “a lot of people” talking, a DHS official said.Schroyer has no direct experience with federal law enforcement or immigration enforcement, and a senior Trump administration official said several officials “aren...