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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

US quits Chengdu Consulate as China retaliates for closure of Houston outpost

Joel Gehrke July 27, 2020 3:02 pm

Twitter is a national security threat

Washington Examiner July 27, 2020 4:00 am

VA takes ‘drastic measures’ to protect veterans from coronavirus

Abraham Mahshie July 26, 2020 4:01 am

Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, beside Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, right, and renderings of a park in being constructed in Boston in honor of Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Democrats embrace foreign policy delusions

Washington Examiner July 25, 2020 4:00 am

DHS plane covertly surveilled Portland amid riots

Anna Giaritelli July 24, 2020 7:55 pm

A state-run Chinese newspaper argued that China should "stay neutral" if North Korean military threatens the U.S., but that China should move to block the U.S. if it moves first to alter the status quo on the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese military researcher hiding out in China’s San Francisco consulate is arrested

Jerry Dunleavy July 24, 2020 5:46 pm

Islamic State flag

Four aid workers executed by Islamist militants in Nigeria

Zach Halaschak July 24, 2020 4:41 pm

Jen Psaki and Kamala Harris

US intelligence community warns Russia, China, and Iran are trying to influence 2020 election

Jerry Dunleavy July 24, 2020 3:08 pm

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.

Head of U.S. Southern Command weighs in on regional threats from China and Russia

Abraham Mahshie July 24, 2020 3:00 am

Pompeo likens China to Soviet Union: ‘The free world must triumph’

Joel Gehrke July 23, 2020 11:31 pm

Chinese military infiltrating US colleges, federal officials say

Joel Gehrke July 23, 2020 9:10 pm

This photo shows the Capitol Dome at the top of Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate defies Trump veto and votes to rename military bases

Haley Victory Smith July 23, 2020 7:39 pm