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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

Mouse cursor hovering over an Iranian flag.

DHS and FBI warn Iranian hackers are targeting state election websites and pushing disinformation

Jerry Dunleavy October 31, 2020 6:49 pm

SEAL Team Six rescues American hostage in West Africa

Haley Victory Smith October 31, 2020 3:01 pm

Pentagon names civilian to oversee space policy in continued Space Force stand-up

Abraham Mahshie October 30, 2020 8:55 pm

Get ready for increased Chinese intellectual property theft

Tom Rogan October 30, 2020 7:54 pm

Airman 1st Class Magen Reeves simulates seeing a Military Family Life Consultant July 7, 2016, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Counseling services are provided for military lifestyle issues and life skill, and are free and confidential for active duty, Reserve and Guard military members and their dependents in all branches of service.

Relationship stress and COVID top military family counseling needs

Abraham Mahshie October 30, 2020 7:21 pm

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Pope Army Field for an event with troops at Fort Bragg, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Pope Field, N.C.

Trump awards citation to military unit responsible for raid that killed ISIS leader al Baghdadi

Zach Halaschak October 30, 2020 7:09 pm

In this May 21, 2014, photo, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, smile during signing ceremony in Shanghai, China. China signed a long-awaited, 30-year deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth some $400 billion in a financial and diplomatic boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin. The Obama administration is playing down an increasingly warm relationship between its main global rivals, China and Russia, that it may have inadvertently encouraged.

Russia greatest election challenge, China biggest national security threat, says top counterintelligence figure

Jerry Dunleavy October 30, 2020 4:29 pm

Top House Democrat endorses Trump’s desire to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre October 30, 2020 11:07 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks during a visit to Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in Moscow, Russia

Why Russia is banning intelligence officers from having foreign residences

Tom Rogan October 30, 2020 10:32 am

Five men are taken into custody by agents. Two men, seated on the left, are suspected by Border Patrol Agent Christian Alvarez to be smugglers who were leading the other three through the brush.

Predawn ride-along with Border Patrol reveals unseen challenges of the job

Anna Giaritelli October 30, 2020 10:30 am

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper meets with China Minister of Defense Wei Fenghe during the 6th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministersâ Meeting-Plus on Nov. 18, 2019.

US and Chinese militaries test crisis line to prevent war

Abraham Mahshie October 30, 2020 9:00 am

Trump signs law that makes hacking election systems a federal crime

Grant Gross October 30, 2020 3:00 am