Tracy Mumford

They told him they were just a few minutes from home when their mother, who had one son on her lap, needed to reach something in her bag.

She asked her husband to pull over.

Suddenly, the boys said they saw laser pointers shining on their family from every direction.

Their mother screamed, and the shots started.

Yesterday morning, the Israeli police and military issued a joint statement saying their officers and soldiers had been on a mission to arrest suspected terrorists in the area and that a vehicle accelerated toward them and they, quote, responded by shooting.

They said the circumstances are under investigation.

This week, the Senate is set to consider President Trump's new pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, a Republican from Oklahoma.

Trump tapped him after firing Kristi Noem.

As the potential new head of DHS, Mullen would have sway over billions of dollars in contracts, which has put a new level of scrutiny on his own financial dealings.

The Times has compiled a look at his trading history.

When Mullen was first elected to Congress in 2012, much of his wealth came from his family's plumbing business.

But since selling the company a few years ago, he's become one of the most prolific stock buyers among lawmakers.

According to his disclosure forms, he's at least tripled his wealth over his time in Congress.

The forms only require lawmakers to provide a broad range, and they show his assets jumped from somewhere between about $3 and $9 million to between $29 and $97 million.

A few days after Christmas, Mullen reported buying shares in Chevron, the only U.S.

oil giant producing in Venezuela.

Five days later, Trump attacked Venezuela and demanded that its leadership give better terms to U.S.

companies.

Chevron's stock price has since jumped, even as the market as a whole slipped.

Other companies the Mullen family has bought and sold shares of are in the health care and defense space, which can be affected by committees Mullen serves on, like the Armed Services Committee.