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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

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.

Whistleblower claim Ukrainians were aware by early August of military aid freeze confirmed: Report

Jerry Dunleavy October 23, 2019 10:51 pm

‘That should be investigated’: US diplomats investigate whether Turkey used white phosphorus against Kurds

Joel Gehrke October 23, 2019 9:52 pm

FILE - This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Across the broad swath of territory it controls from northern Syria through northern and western Iraq, the extremist group known as the Islamic State has proven to be highly organized governors.

‘We do not know where they are’: More than 100 ISIS prisoners missing in Syria

Russ Read October 23, 2019 8:11 pm

Amb. James Jeffrey, the State Department special representative for Syria engagement and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, testifies as the House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing titled, "The Betrayal of our Syrian Kurdish Partners," an examination of President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw from Syria and its impact on the Kurds and stability in the region, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Also testifying, at right, is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood.

‘Pretty cynical’: US diplomat contradicts Trump’s praise for Turkey-Russia deal

Joel Gehrke October 23, 2019 5:56 pm

Seth Moulton

‘We’ve both been downrange’: New generation of vets in Congress lead future-wars task force

Russ Read October 23, 2019 4:26 pm

Esper seeks to smooth things over with Baghdad after US troops arrive uninvited in Iraq

Jamie McIntyre October 23, 2019 10:55 am

‘Concluded with President Zelensky agreeing’: Trump released aid after securing Ukraine investigation pledge, diplomat says

Joel Gehrke October 23, 2019 1:23 am

In this July 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump is joined by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, second from right, as he arrives at Melsbroek Air Base, in Brussels, Belgium.

‘Pay up before signing the check’: Ukraine knew it faced a quid pro quo, ambassador testifies

Joel Gehrke October 22, 2019 9:49 pm

In this picture taken on Thursday, March 29, 2018, U.S. troop's humvee passes vehicles of fighters from the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij town, Syria. The front line has grown more tense in recent days as Turkey threatens to advance on the town to clear it of the U.S-backed fighters. U.S troops have increased their patrols in the area, local commanders say, to prevent an outbreak of fighting and to prevent Turkey from advancing on Manbij.

Esper: Troops will be coming home and will not stay in Iraq

Russ Read October 22, 2019 9:14 pm

‘Urgent information’: Lithuania denounces fake press release about US nuclear weapons

Joel Gehrke October 22, 2019 7:15 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

‘Singled out’: California VA to inspect outfits of WWII glamour girls before they visit patients

Russ Read October 22, 2019 5:31 pm

Bill Taylor, diplomat who opposed ‘crazy’ Ukraine scheme, testifies in impeachment inquiry

Joel Gehrke October 22, 2019 3:38 pm