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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

Texas border town to paint ‘Defund the Wall’ mural in front of federal courthouse

Anna Giaritelli July 29, 2020 11:53 am

John Brennan appears at a hearing.

John Brennan blocked from accessing classified information

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin July 29, 2020 8:21 am

Top Republican senator fears China could defeat US in the West Pacific

Joel Gehrke July 29, 2020 4:00 am

China denies responsibility for mystery shipments of seeds to US

Joel Gehrke July 28, 2020 9:41 pm

Asian allies see growing risk of US-China military clash

Joel Gehrke July 28, 2020 7:32 pm

The Navyâs only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam JS Teruzuki and HMAS Stuart steam into formation during a trilateral exercise to support shared goals of peace and stability while enhancing regional security and the right of all nations to trade, communicate, and choose their destiny in a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Australia aligns with US to counter Chinese economic and military coercion

Abraham Mahshie July 28, 2020 7:28 pm

Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday, in Wadi al-Salam, or "Valley of Peace" cemetery, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Iran attacks fake US aircraft carrier

Zach Halaschak July 28, 2020 5:58 pm

In this Feb. 15, 2020 satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, a mockup aircraft carrier built by Iran can be seen at Bandar Abbas, Iran, before being put to sea. Satellite photographs released Monday, July 27, 2020, showed Iran has moved the aircraft carrier out to sea likely for naval drills amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.

Iran’s mock US aircraft carrier leaves port and heads to sea, satellite images show

Zach Halaschak July 28, 2020 3:14 am

Rodrigo Duterte will not allow US base in Philippines to counter China

Joel Gehrke July 27, 2020 9:44 pm

Post 9/11 veterans were sickened by toxic chemicals and radiation at an airbase used for staging the war in Afghanistan known as K2 and located in Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan.

Sick K2 veterans left out of Senate NDAA bill

Abraham Mahshie July 27, 2020 6:13 pm

Russia markets heavy flamethrower to foreign customers

Joel Gehrke July 27, 2020 5:06 pm

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

State Department declares ‘unwavering’ commitment to seeking ‘justice for the families’ of US citizens killed by ISIS

Jerry Dunleavy July 27, 2020 4:10 pm