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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

Andy Lack, Ronan Farrow, Chris Hayes.

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris fail on foreign policy

Tom Rogan October 8, 2020 2:25 am

Trump assured Americans that his administration will soon break ground on a "great, great wall." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

ICE arrests more than 100 criminal illegal immigrants in California

Anna Giaritelli October 7, 2020 8:38 pm

China surges toward strategic goals as US and allies coordinate response

Joel Gehrke October 7, 2020 8:15 pm

Belarusian opposition leader faced with Russian arrest warrant denies ties with Kremlin

Abraham Mahshie October 7, 2020 8:13 pm

Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," speak during a Friday interview at a security center in Kobani, Syria. âThe Beatlesâ terror cell is believed to have captured, tortured, and killed hostages including American, British, and Japanese journalists and aid workers.

ISIS ‘Beatles’ prepare a final tour of Florence

Tom Rogan October 7, 2020 4:39 pm

Putin touts ‘common values’ shared by Democrats and communists

Joel Gehrke October 7, 2020 4:21 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, Islamic State group militants hold up their flag as they patrol in a commandeered Iraqi military vehicle in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq.

British-born ISIS ‘Beatles’ accused of taking US citizens hostage to stand trial in Virginia

Jerry Dunleavy October 7, 2020 3:09 pm

Tons more subs, carriers, and robot ships, as Esper details vision for ‘Battle Force 2045’ and a 500-ship Navy to counter China

Jamie McIntyre October 7, 2020 11:05 am

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper visits the Boeing Company site in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2020.

Esper cites China as motivation to boost funding to Navy

Abraham Mahshie October 7, 2020 11:00 am

Pompeo: US will be ‘a good partner for security’ if China attacks Taiwan

Joel Gehrke October 7, 2020 10:00 am

Thousands of Border Patrol agents to be outfitted with body cams

Anna Giaritelli October 6, 2020 8:38 pm

John Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), testifies during a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, June 16, 2016.

Trump intel chief declassifies John Brennan notes and CIA referral on unverified report about Clinton plan to create Trump-Russia scandal

Jerry Dunleavy October 6, 2020 8:14 pm