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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 Feb. 25, 2020 photo shows the icon for TikTok taken in New York.

TikTok data gives Beijing ‘shapes and styles of faces’ China ‘can’t get in the mainland’

Joel Gehrke September 19, 2020 10:30 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Washington.

Ted Cruz touts ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions as UN opens session

Zach Halaschak September 18, 2020 10:04 pm

Pompeo dismisses China’s ‘actual combat exercises’ in Taiwan Strait as ‘military blustering’

Joel Gehrke September 18, 2020 9:03 pm

John Sullivan speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Russian drunk driver crashes into US ambassador’s residence gate

Joel Gehrke September 18, 2020 7:25 pm

Satellite images appear to show North Korea prepping for large military parade

Zach Halaschak September 18, 2020 6:29 pm

Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of U.S Africa Command, addresses the audience during the U.S. Army Africa change of command ceremony held at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, July 15, 2020.

Mali’s political uncertainty draws US and France closer in Africa terrorist fight

Abraham Mahshie September 18, 2020 5:40 pm

Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Brittni Latterell and Air Traffic Controller Chief Ayanna Gregg man the marshall control aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, currently underway conducting anti-submarine warfare training in support of Exercise Black Widow.

Navy submarines battle test in North Atlantic ‘Black Widow’ exercise

Abraham Mahshie September 18, 2020 1:03 pm

Commerce Department announces clampdown on TikTok and WeChat begins Sunday

Mike Brest, Jerry Dunleavy September 18, 2020 12:43 pm

Biden insists he, too, would end endless wars but would keep some troops in Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre September 18, 2020 11:11 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.

An algorithm for a wingman: The coming robot revolution in future wars

Jamie McIntyre September 18, 2020 3:00 am

Microsoft and other security experts see election hacking from Russia, China, and Iran

Grant Gross September 18, 2020 3:00 am

China appeals to Russia and other regional allies to counter US influence

Joel Gehrke September 17, 2020 8:20 pm