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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

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, people line up at the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

‘This genocide is ongoing’: Pompeo equates China’s Uighur repression with Nazi Holocaust

Joel Gehrke January 19, 2021 5:52 pm

Biden should maintain Trump’s Iran sanctions while pursuing nuclear agreement, experts say

Abraham Mahshie January 19, 2021 4:07 pm

The case for — and against — Lloyd Austin

Jamie McIntyre January 19, 2021 12:17 pm

Thanks to the Capitol Police, these frequent disruptions have been short. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Capitol Police failed to prep for riot despite warnings, former DHS head Chad Wolf says

Anna Giaritelli January 18, 2021 11:11 pm

Former Pentagon leaders call for congressional waiver for Biden nominee Lloyd Austin

Abraham Mahshie January 18, 2021 8:28 pm

John Neagle portrait of Joseph Winters, a Revolutionary War soldier who found himself alone and forgotten at the end of his life. His portrait and story is part of the Anderson House exhibition on American soldiers.

‘No stone unturned’: National Guard protecting Biden inauguration vetted for extremist ideologies

Abraham Mahshie January 18, 2021 4:44 pm

Adam Schiff: Trump ‘can’t be trusted’ to receive intelligence briefings

Mica Soellner January 17, 2021 8:09 pm

Alaska military bases limit alcohol sales to reduce drinking-related suicides

Mike Brest January 16, 2021 7:28 pm

Washington braces for unrest as level of threat unclear

Anna Giaritelli January 16, 2021 11:30 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington.

Pompeo: US ‘has reason to believe’ Wuhan lab staff caught COVID-19 months before pandemic

Joel Gehrke January 16, 2021 12:35 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China's Reform and Opening Up policy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

China’s security chief optimistic about winning ‘protracted war’ with US

Joel Gehrke January 15, 2021 11:20 pm

Sue Gordon is pictured.

Ex-deputy spy chief urges Biden to revoke Trump post-presidency security clearance

Carly Roman January 15, 2021 10:49 pm