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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

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper leaves the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France, after a remembrance ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

WATCH: Senior Pentagon officials deliver surprise announcement

Washington Examiner Staff September 20, 2019 10:37 pm

This July 8, 2017, photo shows members of the KKK escorted by police past a large group of protesters during a KKK rally in Charlottesville, Va.

Violent white supremacists a leading domestic security threat: Department of Homeland Security

Anna Giaritelli September 20, 2019 7:28 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, is seen.

Pelosi: Trump ‘must’ hand over whistleblower complaint

Susan Ferrechio September 20, 2019 7:17 pm

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

First US airstrike in Libya in a year kills eight ISIS fighters

Russ Read September 20, 2019 3:21 pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., bottom left, speaks with Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the committee's ranking member, before a markup hearing on a series of bills, including some to reduce gun violence, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington.

‘We’ll see who’s right’: Republicans slam Democrats over Carter Page ‘FISA abuse’

Jerry Dunleavy September 20, 2019 2:33 pm

Pentagon fears a return to budget uncertainty as Democrats and Republicans squabble over wall funding and other issues

Jamie McIntyre September 20, 2019 11:24 am

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.

‘Reagan showed that you can do it’

Jamie McIntyre September 20, 2019 3:00 am

President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporter's following the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

‘I did what I did on my own’: Giuliani insists no Trump connection to Ukraine dealings investigated by House

Daniel Chaitin September 20, 2019 2:08 am

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo)

State Department: ISIS scaring Taliban into peace talks with US

Joel Gehrke September 20, 2019 12:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a press conference at an international counterterrorism conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 19, 2019.

Pompeo expels two Cuban diplomats for conducting ‘influence operations’

Joel Gehrke September 19, 2019 9:58 pm

An officer on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border walks near a wall.

Pentagon has finalized contracts for $2.5B in border barrier construction

Russ Read September 19, 2019 7:28 pm

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper leaves the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France, after a remembrance ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

Pentagon chief Esper: China’s economic power is ‘what concerns me the most’

Russ Read September 19, 2019 7:03 pm