Fort Knox

(Newser) - President Trump says Elon Musk will be looking at Fort Knox, the famous depository in Kentucky for American gold reserves, to make sure the gold is still there. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that there is an audit every year and that "all the gold is present and accounted...

(Newser) - DOGE is making inroads at the Treasury , the Social Security administration , the IRS , and a slew of other government entities—but can it get into Fort Knox? Elon Musk said Monday the famous gold repository is on his radar, reports the Hill . "Looking for the gold at Fort Knox,...

(Newser) - A Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a tactical training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, military officials say. The six sailors assigned to the group were riding in a Humvee when the accident happened Wednesday night, though exactly what happened remains under investigation. Fort Knox...

(Newser) - A soldier apprehended yesterday in Tennessee was charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Kentucky's Fort Knox a day earlier. The FBI said in a court filing that Marquinta E. Jacobs fired a .45-caliber handgun at the victim, "striking him several times."...