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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 floats new sanctions for China to punish aggression in South China Sea

Joel Gehrke July 14, 2020 8:06 pm

Coronavirus vaccine development at ‘warp speed pace,’ officials say

Abraham Mahshie July 14, 2020 7:42 pm

US: Chinese communists have ‘neo-imperial’ plans to dominate the world

Joel Gehrke July 14, 2020 5:39 pm

Signs promoting 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei are displayed at the PT Expo in Beijing.

UK to ban Chinese-owned Huawei from 5G network in major reversal

Jerry Dunleavy July 14, 2020 1:30 pm

Smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego Sunday, July 12, 2020, in San Diego after an explosion and fire Sunday on board the ship at Naval Base San Diego.

Fire suppression system on US Navy ship was inoperable during blaze that injured dozens

Zach Halaschak July 14, 2020 1:21 am

Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb blast on an intelligence compound in Aybak, the capital of the Samangan province in northern Afghanistan, Monday, July 13, 2020. Taliban insurgents launched a complex attack on the compound that began with a suicide bombing, officials said.

At least 11 dead and dozens of civilians injured in hourslong Taliban attack on Afghan intelligence complex

Zach Halaschak July 14, 2020 12:20 am

‘I feel absolutely hopeful’: Sailors try to save $760M Navy ship burning in San Diego harbor

Abraham Mahshie July 13, 2020 4:25 pm

Battle continues against stubborn fire aboard Navy warship

Jamie McIntyre July 13, 2020 10:57 am

This undated photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, shows the wreckage of the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 at the scene of the crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran.

Iran cites communication and alignment errors for shooting down of Ukrainian jet

Mica Soellner July 12, 2020 1:54 pm

Representative Ted Yoho, a Republican from Florida, speaks during a panel discussion at a Bloomberg Government infrastructure event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The event brings together federal, state and industry leaders on the latest innovations for America's infrastructure and the public and private sector partners bringing these ideas to life.

‘People will die’: Violent US-China clash possible soon, senior GOP lawmaker says

Joel Gehrke July 12, 2020 4:00 am

The old Soviet airbase in Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan, known as "K2," served as a northern staging point for U.S. troops entering Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks. It was later discovered to have been a munitions dump and bombed out chemical weapons factory.

Toxic exposures of post-9/11 service members revealed in declassified K2 documents

Abraham Mahshie July 10, 2020 8:48 pm

President Donald J. Trump speaks during a briefing at U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Doral, Florida. The President visited SOUTHCOM to take part in a briefing with cabinet members, SOUTHCOM leaders and subject matter experts to get an update on the progress of enhanced counter narcotics operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Trump at Southcom highlights counternarcotics effort and targets Venezuelan drug money

Abraham Mahshie July 10, 2020 8:28 pm