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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

Admiral Craig S. Faller, Commander, U.S. Southern Command, briefs members of the news media on the importance of USSOUTHCOM to the United States National Defense Strategy at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Washington D.C., March 11, 2020.

Southern Command eyes Venezuela’s illicit connections and Iranian patronage

Abraham Mahshie August 16, 2020 10:30 am

Brutal Belarus crackdown sets back US effort to pry nation from Russia’s orbit

Joel Gehrke August 15, 2020 4:37 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference on the second anniversary of his election, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2015. Rouhani said a final nuclear deal is "within reach" as Iran and world powers face a June 30 deadline for an agreement. Rouhani said Iran will allow inspections of its nuclear facilities but vowed that the Islamic republic won't allow its state "secrets" to be jeopardized under the cover of international inspections.

‘A treacherous act’: Iranian President Rouhani responds to deal between UAE and Israel

Zach Halaschak August 15, 2020 2:04 pm

In this July 30, 2019 photo, Robert O'Brien, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador, arrives at the district court where U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky is to appear on charges of assault, in Stockholm, Sweden.

National security adviser: Biden taking credit for Trump’s Israel peace deal is ‘sincerest form of flattery’

Mica Soellner August 15, 2020 12:37 am

Screenshot, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (Photo Credit: U.S. Navy)

Pentagon announces UFO task force

Jerry Dunleavy August 14, 2020 11:11 pm

US proposal to extend Iran arms embargo fails in overwhelming Security Council defeat

Joel Gehrke August 14, 2020 10:57 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019.

Iran threatens UAE over new Israel ties

Joel Gehrke August 14, 2020 3:07 pm

Pentagon says US military will not enforce election results in November if outcome is in dispute

Jamie McIntyre August 14, 2020 10:59 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.

Biden advocated ‘no first use’ policy as VP. Would he change nuclear doctrine as president?

Jamie McIntyre August 14, 2020 3:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at meeting with cultural advisers in St. Petersburg, Russia.

NSA and FBI: Hacking tool used by Russian intelligence threatens US government networks

Jerry Dunleavy August 14, 2020 1:44 am

US dismisses China diplomatic gestures as ‘nothing but words’

Joel Gehrke August 13, 2020 11:19 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin sits during a meeting in Moscow.

‘Russian roulette’: US vaccine effort compared to Russia’s, with priority list ready by September

Abraham Mahshie August 13, 2020 9:54 pm