The Trump administration is facing a spike in departures of powerful Cabinet department officials compared to his first term, according to the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.

The Homeland Security secretary has only been on the job for four months.

A new rift has reportedly opened between Donald Trump’s administration and its Homeland Security chief, Markwayne Mullin. This comes after a series of blunders on the part of the latter. The

It’s only been four months, but it looks like Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is already on the White House’s bad side. The rift is a result of some early missteps and concerns about Mullin’s personnel choices,

NBC News reports that there are “growing tensions” between the White House and new Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. A senior administration official and a top DHS official told NBC’s Julia Ainsley and Gabe Gutierrez that Mullin had irked members of the administration more than once in the four months that he’s been on the job.

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