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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

Trump plan to pullback US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan draws vigorous bipartisan pushback

Jamie McIntyre November 18, 2020 12:07 pm

Mexico pays US in new deal to jail or fine people caught cutting border fence

Anna Giaritelli November 18, 2020 11:30 am

Trump fires top US cyberofficial who refused to back election claims of fraud

Anna Giaritelli November 18, 2020 12:18 am

Japan and Australia agree to ‘pivotal’ military access pact in deal sure to ruffle China’s feathers

Joel Gehrke November 17, 2020 10:51 pm

Senate Democrats seek Pentagon watchdog investigation into selection of Michael Ellis as top NSA lawyer

Jerry Dunleavy November 17, 2020 10:34 pm

Biden seeks out Stanley McChrystal and other national security experts as Trump blocks transition briefings

Naomi Lim November 17, 2020 8:40 pm

One in five U.S. military deaths last year was as a result of suicide. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Acting defense secretary confirms Trump move to draw down troops from Afghanistan and Iraq

Abraham Mahshie November 17, 2020 8:18 pm

People walk among headstones with holiday wreaths in Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day in Arlington, Va., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019.

Army secretary reverses decision to cancel Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery

Mica Soellner November 17, 2020 7:59 pm

India rejects claim of Chinese microwave weapon attack: ‘It’s pure and poor psyops’

Joel Gehrke November 17, 2020 7:21 pm

A Soviet-era Mi-8 helicopter flies over an American Patriot missile system as part of the September Tobruq Legacy air-defense exercises in Lithuania. Lithuania, a NATO ally, will replace its aging, Russian-made helicopters with four HC-60 Black Hawk helicopters worth $243 million.

NATO ally gets rid of Soviet helicopters and buys $500M in US hardware

Abraham Mahshie November 17, 2020 4:53 pm

Sgt. Alexander Villafane, an Indirect Fire Infantryman assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team monitors the radio for fire commands as part of mortar qualification at Fort Carson, Colorado, November 16, 2020.

More troops and stable spending needed to avoid future defeat in war, Heritage military report card finds

Abraham Mahshie November 17, 2020 4:50 pm

A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems.

US successfully conducts test to intercept missile via ship for first time

Mike Brest November 17, 2020 2:01 pm