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US treasury chief Bessent moved to military base amid Iranian threats, sources say
- Newsrooms
- 20
- Last 3 hours
- 4 reports
- Momentum
- Steady
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 99% of the past week’s 3614 stories, and number 22 of 1531 in News.
1File photo: Scott Bessent
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved from his Washington-area home to a military base after Iranian threats against his life, according to a report published Tuesday. The New York Times, citing three people familiar with the matter, reported that Bessent recently relocated after American offic
The Times of Israel didn’t include a summary, so this is The Daily Wire’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Scott Bessent
Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is an American businessman and government official serving as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury since 2025. Bessent was a partner at Soros Fund Management (SFM) and founded Key Square Group, a global macro trading firm. He is the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury, becoming the highest-ranking LGBTQ government official in American history.4
The story so far
20 newsrooms- Reports
- 22
- Newsrooms and sources
- 20
- Last 3 hours
- 4
First with it: The Daily Wire, 2 hr 59 min before anyone else.
Reported by 20 newsrooms.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The West Australian, PerthNow (all Seven West Media).
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
- Newsrooms
- 20
- Over
- 13.2 hr
- To three newsrooms
- 3.9 hr
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 8:08am AEDT | The Daily Wire | 1 |
| 11:07am AEDT | The New York Times | 2 |
| 12:03pm AEDT | The Straits Times | 3 |
| 12:18pm AEDT | The Hindu | 4 |
| 12:29pm AEDT | The Globe and Mail | 5 |
| 12:46pm AEDT | Middle East Eye | 6 |
| 1:24pm AEDT | Just the News | 7 |
| 1:36pm AEDT | Townhall | 8 |
| 2:28pm AEDT | Hindustan Times | 9 |
| 3:06pm AEDT | CNBC | 10 |
| 3:31pm AEDT | The Times of India | 11 |
| 4:00pm AEDT | Israel Hayom | 12 |
| 4:10pm AEDT | CNA | 13 |
| 4:46pm AEDT | The West Australian | 14 |
| 6:45pm AEDT | South China Morning Post | 15 |
| 7:09pm AEDT | The Guardian | 16 |
| 8:09pm AEDT | The Independent | 17 |
| 9:04pm AEDT | The Times of Israel | 18 |
| 9:16pm AEDT | Al Jazeera | 19 |
| 9:21pm AEDT | NewsNation | 20 |
Middle East Eye
The Guardian
The New York Times
The Hindu
CNBC
The Independent
Al Jazeera
The Globe and Mail
Hindustan Times
CNA
South China Morning Post
NewsNation
The Straits Times
Just the News
The Times of India
The Daily Wire
Townhall
Israel Hayom
The Daily Wire
The New York Times
The Straits Times
The Hindu
The Globe and Mail
Middle East Eye
Just the News
Townhall
Hindustan Times
CNBC
The Times of India
Israel Hayom
CNA
The West Australian
South China Morning Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The Times of Israel
Al Jazeera
NewsNation