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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

As suicides rise, Army leadership Tuesday emphasized quality of life efforts in a Pentagon briefing.

Repeat deployments and coronavirus lockdowns weigh on soldiers as Army suicides rise

Abraham Mahshie October 13, 2020 7:15 pm

FILE - In this March 4, 2014 file photo, a monument to Ukrainian poet and writer Taras Shevchenko is silhouetted against an apartment building with a sign advertising Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom, in Moscow, Russia. Unsatisfied with a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine, the United States and the European Union levied new sanctions Friday against major Russian banks and defense companies, as well as penalties aimed at curtailing Russia's ability to develop oil and gas projects. But the restrictions on Russia's energy sector were carefully crafted to avoid impacting the country's current production of oil and gas, a move that would raise global energy prices at time of weak economic growth. Russia is the largest oil exporter outside of OPEC and the most important supplier of natural gas to Europe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

How US gas exports to Europe are undermining Vladimir Putin

Tom Rogan October 13, 2020 6:09 pm

US rebukes Turkey’s ‘calculated provocation’ of Greece with deployment of research vessel

Joel Gehrke October 13, 2020 3:53 pm

What to make of North Korea’s new monster missile

Jamie McIntyre October 13, 2020 11:04 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 18, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The upcoming meeting between the leaders of the rival Koreas will be the ultimate test of Moon âs belief that his nation should lead international efforts to deal with North Korea.The signs read: " Summit between South and North Korea, the United States and North Korea." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korea doesn’t have to remain allied with US, ambassador warns

Joel Gehrke October 12, 2020 8:54 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Pompeo and DeVos warn about Confucius Institute influence in US classrooms and campuses

Jerry Dunleavy October 12, 2020 8:46 pm

Finland to buy 64 F-35 fighter jets worth $12.5B

Abraham Mahshie October 12, 2020 8:41 pm

A United States Army loadmaster stands on the rear ramp of a Chinook helicopter and watches the sunset as it flies over Kabul, Afghanistan in September 2017.

Taliban continues attacks on Afghan forces in wake of peace talks, US drawdown

Abraham Mahshie October 12, 2020 6:52 pm

‘Severe escalation’: Turkey sends ship back to coast of Greek island

Joel Gehrke October 12, 2020 6:07 pm

Meth bust at US-Mexico border is second largest in history

Anna Giaritelli October 12, 2020 2:30 pm

How North Korea’s new missile aims for American fear

Tom Rogan October 12, 2020 10:20 am

John Ratcliffe questions Amb. William Taylor / CSPAN: Screen Shot

Trump spy chief reviewed GOP House Intelligence report locked up at CIA that criticized Russia assessment

Jerry Dunleavy October 10, 2020 10:27 pm