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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

"I call on all Muslims who can harm the countries of the crusader coalition not to hesitate," al-Zawahri said. (AP file)

Biden’s Afghanistan plan puts al Qaeda in heart of Washington

Michael Rubin March 9, 2021 12:48 pm

Security review envisions permanent role for National Guard as protector of the US Capitol — and the nation’s capital

Jamie McIntyre March 9, 2021 12:18 pm

Return of the Jordan lily pad?

Marc Polymeropoulos March 9, 2021 11:00 am

The administration requested a total of 63 F-35s this year. The House version already added the 11.

Pentagon and Lockheed Martin heads should roll over F-35 disgrace

Tom Rogan March 9, 2021 11:00 am

Biden nominates women to command posts, highlighting scarcity of female generals

Abraham Mahshie March 8, 2021 10:53 pm

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad speaks on the prospects for peace, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington.

Blinken move to ‘accelerate’ Taliban peace talks upsets Afghan officials

Joel Gehrke March 8, 2021 9:45 pm

US delivers ultimatum to Afghan government as withdrawal deadline looms. It is not received well

Jamie McIntyre March 8, 2021 12:15 pm

DHS won’t test thousands of migrants before releasing into US and is relying on border communities

Anna Giaritelli, Cassidy Morrison March 6, 2021 7:44 pm

Pensacola naval base limits alcohol purchases for lower-ranked officials

Mike Brest March 6, 2021 5:10 pm

Iran’s proxies fume as Pope Francis meets Shia leader in Iraq

Joel Gehrke March 5, 2021 10:48 pm

Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks before a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing for the Departments of the Army and Air Force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Top House Armed Services Democrat warns of ‘stumbling into a cold war with China’

Abraham Mahshie March 5, 2021 8:58 pm

FILE - This July 3, 2014 file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft will acquire Stockholm-based game maker Mojang, the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion, the company announced Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)

Biden administration warns about Microsoft email hack that company blamed on China

Jerry Dunleavy March 5, 2021 8:26 pm