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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

Nearly two-thirds of Americans say maintaining law and order a ‘major concern’: Poll

Anna Giaritelli September 14, 2020 5:14 pm

China's Vice Premier Liu He, right, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as they pose for a group photo at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Friday, March 29, 2019.

Steven Mnuchin: Trump administration to conduct ‘national security review’ of TikTok’s proposed sale to Oracle

Jerry Dunleavy September 14, 2020 2:23 pm

As Trump withdraws troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, worry that US is too anxious to rush to the exits

Jamie McIntyre September 14, 2020 11:05 am

‘The gringo empire wants revenge’: Maduro says Venezuela has captured CIA spy near refinery

Zach Halaschak September 12, 2020 4:58 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington. Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East. From left, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump, Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook.

Iran and Turkey blast ‘shameful’ Israel-Bahrain normalization deal

Zach Halaschak September 12, 2020 3:11 pm

Russian fighter jets were recently deployed to Libya, from an airbase in Russia, after transiting Syria where it is assessed they were repainted to camouflage their Russian origin.

Russia and Turkey employ thousands of Syrian mercenaries to fight in Libya

Abraham Mahshie September 12, 2020 10:30 am

US defends release of ‘most dangerous’ Taliban prisoners in peace talks push

Joel Gehrke September 11, 2020 9:37 pm

In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo, Afghan National Army soldiers participate in a live fire training exercise, at the Afghan Military Academy, in Kabul, Afghanistan. When U.S. forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than itâs ever been, and many Afghans place the blame squarely on the Americans. The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war and spent more than $900 billion on trying to stabilize the country.

US in ‘phase two’ of Taliban deal to exit Afghanistan before next 9/11 anniversary

Joel Gehrke September 11, 2020 6:36 pm

Mexican journalist who reported on cartels found beheaded

Anna Giaritelli September 11, 2020 5:59 pm

‘Historic breakthrough’: Trump announces Bahrain-Israel peace deal

Spencer Neale September 11, 2020 5:28 pm

In 9/11 tribute, TSA leader honors employees who have had coronavirus

Anna Giaritelli September 11, 2020 4:27 pm

‘They underestimated our strength’: Solemn ceremony marks Pentagon remembrance of 9/11 attack

Abraham Mahshie September 11, 2020 4:05 pm