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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

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Chamber of Commerce hosts diplomatic summit in DC despite coronavirus

Joel Gehrke March 7, 2020 2:01 am

‘Wuhan coronavirus’: Pompeo mocks Beijing claim that coronavirus outbreak may not have originated in China

Joel Gehrke March 6, 2020 10:01 pm

Afghanistan's Taliban delegation arrive for the agreement signing between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.

Intelligence shows Taliban has ‘no intention’ of abiding by peace deal: Report

Zach Halaschak March 6, 2020 9:37 pm

FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo a woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing. The Trump administration has extended for 90 more days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to the Chinese technology giant Huawei. The U.S. government blacklisted Huawei in May, deeming it a national security risk so U.S. firms aren't allow to sell the company technology without government approval. But numerous loopholes have been exploited, including by U.S. semiconductor suppliers. And the administration says itâs preparing to grand some exemptions.

‘Global espionage operation’: US wages all-out campaign to convince UK to reject Huawei

Jerry Dunleavy March 6, 2020 8:10 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.

Suicide bombers attack police near US Embassy in Tunisia

Zach Halaschak March 6, 2020 7:35 pm

British soldiers with NATO-led Resolute Support Mission forces checks an ambulance at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 6, 2020. Gunmen in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul attacked a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader on Friday, wounding more than a dozen of people, officials said.

Gunman kills dozens in Kabul attack on ceremony attended by Afghan political officials

Zach Halaschak March 6, 2020 7:33 pm

Afghan leader escapes deadly attack in Kabul as Pentagon says secret side deal requires further reduction of violence in Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre March 6, 2020 12:08 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.

Four things that will make or break Trump’s get-out-of-Afghanistan plan

Jamie McIntyre March 6, 2020 4:00 am

USA military boots, hat and dog tags with American flag in background.

National Guard in urgent fight against member suicide

Abraham Mahshie March 5, 2020 11:41 pm

Russia mobilizing ‘legions’ of liars to sow coronavirus chaos: State Department

Joel Gehrke, Jerry Dunleavy March 5, 2020 10:00 pm

Department of Homeland Security Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, speaks to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday

US declines to issue travel ban on Italy and South Korea despite coronavirus fears

Anna Giaritelli March 5, 2020 9:26 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Pompeo condemns ‘upsurge in violence’ by Taliban against government after etching deal with US

Joel Gehrke March 5, 2020 8:19 pm