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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

Rep. John Ratcliffe.

Senate panel advances John Ratcliffe DNI nomination

Susan Ferrechio May 19, 2020 2:32 pm

Mike Flynn had previously refused to respond to a seperate subpoena for documents related to Flynn's meetings and communications with Russian officials. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Pentagon official denies ONA director named by Flynn lawyer is leaker to Washington Post

Kerry Picket May 18, 2020 11:06 pm

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 18, 2020. A suicide bomber in a stolen military Humvee targeted a base in eastern Afghanistan belonging to the country's intelligence service early on Monday, killing at least nine members of the force, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Taliban launches attack at Afghan intelligence base after government goes on offensive

Zach Halaschak May 18, 2020 10:48 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington.

‘An abomination’: US fumes as ‘spiteful’ China bars Taiwan from WHO meeting

Joel Gehrke May 18, 2020 8:26 pm

Fired State Department watchdog was investigating Saudi arms sale

Zach Halaschak May 18, 2020 7:07 pm

China expects second wave of coronavirus infections

Joel Gehrke May 18, 2020 5:47 pm

Spc. Caleb L. Gardner, left, an all source intelligence analyst conducts radio checks with other vehicles within a convoy at Zagan, Poland, part of Allied Spirit VIII exercises in 2018.

US resumes European exercises on smaller scale under COVID-19 conditions

Abraham Mahshie May 18, 2020 5:41 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington.

‘I am not acting impulsively!’: Trump responds to Wall Street Journal editorial on Afghanistan

Zach Halaschak May 18, 2020 5:21 pm

The sun flares in the camera lens as it rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court rules Sudan cannot avoid punitive damages from al Qaeda bombings on US embassies

Anthony Leonardi May 18, 2020 4:18 pm

An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Ensign Joshua Watson on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including 23-year-old Watson, a recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy from Enterprise, Ala., in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.

FBI finds iPhone evidence showing Pensacola shooter was associated with al Qaeda

Jerry Dunleavy May 18, 2020 4:17 pm

The U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center is shown in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, March 31, 2015. (AP Photo)

House Veterans Affairs Committee member laments stalled legislation amid coronavirus shutdown

Abraham Mahshie May 17, 2020 4:01 am

President Trump praised Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Monday for helping make public a classified memo on government surveillance. Trump said, "Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Devin Nunes: Obama ambassadors went ‘wild’ with unmasking

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin May 16, 2020 7:33 pm