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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

Angry US-China rivalry intensifies despite Trump talk with Xi Jinping

Joel Gehrke March 27, 2020 9:16 pm

Shown above are a bottle of hand sanitizer, a mask, and a pair of gloves given to an NYPD officer.

Trump administration uses light touch on Defense Production Act in coronavirus fight

Abraham Mahshie March 27, 2020 9:14 pm

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

Army spouse in Virginia becomes second COVID-19 military death

Abraham Mahshie March 27, 2020 9:13 pm

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, stand to attention while being introduced during a homecoming ceremony in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center on Fort Knox in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 20, 2013 in Fort Knox, Ky. (Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty images)

Army readies hospitals for New York City and Seattle while creating ‘safety bubble’ for soldiers

Abraham Mahshie March 27, 2020 2:12 pm

After Navy reveals US supercarrier sidelined by coronavirus, defense secretary orders lid on ‘mission-specific information’

Jamie McIntyre March 27, 2020 11:04 am

Military tries to calm public fears of martial law

Abraham Mahshie March 27, 2020 3:00 am

In this Dec. 1, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump, second from right, meets with China's President Xi Jinping, second from left, during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

‘You just don’t know’: Trump dismisses China coronavirus case count

Joel Gehrke March 26, 2020 11:52 pm

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, qualify for Combat Marksmanship Program tables 3-6 during Integrated Training Exercise 1-19 on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 17, 2018. CLB-4 Marines worked to qualify for the CMP tables in order to ensure combat readiness. ITX 1-19 is a large-scale Marine Air-Ground Task Force integration exercise in which CLB-4 Marines and Sailors train to respond quickly to any contingency by fully integrating with ground and air combat elements of the MAGTF.

Marine Corps readiness outweighs coronavirus hesitance as first Pentagon case reported

Abraham Mahshie March 26, 2020 9:40 pm

G-20 leaders tout $5 trillion in coronavirus relief, but fears of multiple debt crises mount

Joel Gehrke March 26, 2020 7:27 pm

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready at launch complex 41at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a payload of a high Frequency satellite Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Space Force blasts off for the first time

Jerry Dunleavy March 26, 2020 6:08 pm

The Navy announced that the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group had entered 7th Fleet, followed by the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)

USS Roosevelt will port and test all 5,000 sailors for coronavirus

Abraham Mahshie March 26, 2020 4:53 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.

Trump administration puts $15M bounty on head of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro

Joel Gehrke March 26, 2020 2:46 pm