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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

American allies brace for chaotic end to US election

Joel Gehrke November 3, 2020 6:56 pm

Election 2020: DHS confident US voters will decide outcome, not foreign adversaries

Jerry Dunleavy November 3, 2020 5:59 pm

Germany’s crucial navy deployment against Chinese imperialism

Tom Rogan November 3, 2020 5:36 pm

As nation votes, the Pentagon awaits new marching orders

Jamie McIntyre November 3, 2020 11:54 am

German defense minister takes hard-line stance on Huawei

Joel Gehrke November 2, 2020 10:23 pm

Cuccinelli: ‘Dystopian scenario’ of Twitter censorship is ‘deeply troubling’

Anna Giaritelli November 2, 2020 10:03 pm

A truck backs out of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Exercise Alamo Express at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Sept. 16, 2016.

Pentagon imposes COVID rapid tests on officials traveling overseas

Abraham Mahshie November 2, 2020 9:40 pm

The IRS today regulates large portions of everyday life through regulation. As Justice Neil Gorsuch noted at oral argument, the IRS oversees enormous swaths of our economy, regulating everything from healthcare to child care to charity and the environment.

DHS preparing for attacks against federal buildings in Washington

Anna Giaritelli November 2, 2020 8:38 pm

A Somali Soldier assigned to the 3rd DANAB, a highly trained Somali National Army infantry commando force, maintains a watchful eye during a short security halt a on patrol near the town of Wanla Weyn, Somalia on July 22, 2019.

US Army Africa commander explains why troops are needed in Somalia

Abraham Mahshie November 2, 2020 7:57 pm

WHO chief in quarantine as European lockdowns threaten Christmas

Joel Gehrke November 2, 2020 5:12 pm

Trump touts hostage rescue, military buildup, and his Nobel Prize nominations in closing campaign argument

Jamie McIntyre November 2, 2020 12:08 pm

This is what Trump’s wall looks like four years after he was elected to build it

Anna Giaritelli November 2, 2020 11:30 am