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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

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his Instagram account, shows himself, center, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany.

It is in Trump’s interest to condemn the poisoning of Alexey Navalny

Tom Rogan October 16, 2020 10:39 am

Trump officials blame prospect of Biden win for illegal immigrant border surge

Anna Giaritelli October 16, 2020 10:30 am

Decoding Russian nuclear war propaganda targeting Germany and NATO

Tom Rogan October 16, 2020 10:20 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Space Force and NASA sort out who’s defending the planet from threats from the heavens and on Earth

Jamie McIntyre October 16, 2020 3:00 am

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Defense secretary lauds military readiness amid coronavirus environment, ignores setbacks

Abraham Mahshie October 15, 2020 8:54 pm

Pompeo hints at ‘foreign element’ behind Hunter Biden leaks

Joel Gehrke October 15, 2020 8:14 pm

Decoding China’s overreaction to British spy chief’s speech

Tom Rogan October 15, 2020 6:38 pm

Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky test-fires the Bulava missiles from the White Sea on May 22, 2018.

How Vladimir Putin is playing Trump on nuclear arms control

Tom Rogan October 15, 2020 6:37 pm

A study by the Military Voting Project concludes that fewer members of the U.S. military are requesting absentee ballots for voting in the 2012 election. Defense Department officials dispute the study's conclusion. (AP Photo)

Military sees increased interest in voting ahead of 2020 election

Abraham Mahshie October 15, 2020 6:26 pm

If the U.S. weakens cybersecurity in order to strengthen national security, it could also have the unintended effect of helping foreign governments and hackers to spy on American citizens.

White House moves to secure ‘critical’ technologies

Katherine Doyle October 15, 2020 4:21 pm

Trump reportedly considering major policy address to announce additional troop drawdown before Election Day

Jamie McIntyre October 15, 2020 11:00 am

China’s Xi Jinping tells military to focus ‘on preparing to go to war’

Joel Gehrke October 15, 2020 10:00 am