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Scott Bessent becomes the fifth Trump official to move on to a military base. Here’s who else has moved

Rena Rowe · November 11, 2026 12:43 pm

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks.

Bessent moves to military base due to Iranian assassination threat

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

US likely to lose its measles elimination status this week

Workers continue to deploy large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico.

Greg Abbott spent years fortifying the Texas border. Gina Hinojosa could undo it all

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Army, on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll two months after Pentagon exit

Government contractors erect a section of the Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, Sept. 10, 2019, in Yuma, Arizona.

Noem bypasses environmental regulations to expedite border wall construction in California

Anna Giaritelli April 8, 2025 10:16 am

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference

Waltz meant to add Trump spokesman to Signal chat, not Goldberg: Report

Annabella Rosciglione April 6, 2025 12:01 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington.

DOGE to target Department of Homeland Security in new staffing cuts: Report

Zach LaChance April 5, 2025 6:43 pm

Judge denies DOJ request to move Tufts student ICE case to Louisiana

Ross O'Keefe April 4, 2025 10:58 pm

DHS had FEMA chief take lie detector test after leak of private meeting

Ross O'Keefe April 4, 2025 7:06 pm

Laura Loomer walks as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump visits the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company in Shanksville, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Trump fired NSA Director Tim Haugh after Loomer meeting: Report

Emily Hallas April 4, 2025 9:27 am

What to know about the students being detained by ICE over anti-Israel activism

Washington Examiner Staff March 31, 2025 1:32 pm

State Department revoking visas of pro-Hamas students involved in campus riots ‘every day’: Spokeswoman

Anna Giaritelli March 28, 2025 4:16 pm

Private data of top US officials including Hegseth and Waltz found online

Ross O'Keefe March 26, 2025 6:53 pm

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens.

Trump administration discussed war plans in Signal chat with journalist: What we know

Jack Birle March 26, 2025 3:18 pm

FBI Director Kash Patel, joined at right by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, answers questions as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

Encounters of suspected terrorists drop at Mexico border as Canada border sees spike

Anna Giaritelli March 26, 2025 3:09 pm

House Democrats accuse intelligence officials of lying in Signal chat fiasco

Mike Brest March 26, 2025 2:05 pm