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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

With partisan rancor on Capitol Hill rising, Pentagon’s stable funding held hostage

Jamie McIntyre November 1, 2019 11:02 am

Democrats in Congress seek new terrorism commission

Grant Gross November 1, 2019 3:00 am

Watered down language in the defense bill reignites F-35 debate

Russ Read November 1, 2019 3:00 am

‘He was defending the president a lot’: A European official’s hindsight on Ukraine witness Alexander Vindman

Joel Gehrke October 31, 2019 7:21 pm

Chilling similarity: Two veterans at same VA facility killed themselves while sitting on their military records

Russ Read October 31, 2019 7:13 pm

Afghanistan's security forces and civilians walk at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun area of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The attack near a busy market and a mosque killed at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Pajhwok News Agency)

Civilian casualties reach record high in Afghanistan

Russ Read October 31, 2019 6:44 pm

FILE - This file image made from video posted on a militant website July 5, 2014, shows the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. A media outlet linked to the Syrian military says al-Baghdadi may be holed up in an IS pocket in the eastern town of Boukamal, which government forces and their allies recaptured Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017.

ISIS confirms death of Baghdadi, names new leader

Zach Halaschak October 31, 2019 5:04 pm

People watch a TV showing a file image of an unspecified North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. South Korea's military said North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations. The sign reads: "North Korea fired two projectiles."

North Korea launches more missiles after saying it is losing patience with US

Zach Halaschak October 31, 2019 2:30 pm

Seven takeaways from the CENTCOM commander’s hot wash of the Baghdadi raid

Jamie McIntyre October 31, 2019 10:57 am

The Russian military claims it killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, in an airstrike in late May, but the U.S. has not been able to confirm the claim. (AP photo)

Pentagon expects ISIS to attempt a ‘retribution attack’ after Baghdadi raid

Russ Read October 30, 2019 11:29 pm

Dog from Baghdadi raid was injured by exposed wires and is veteran of 50 missions

Madison Dibble October 30, 2019 10:09 pm

In confirmation hearing, John Sullivan talks about Russian treatment of repatriated foreign ISIS fighters

Joel Gehrke October 30, 2019 8:51 pm