August 28, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control

Confirmed

Trump Signs an Order Creating a U.S. Space Academy and Says He Will Pick Its Location 'Very Shortly'

Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 28 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston beginning the creation of a U.S. Space Academy for the Space Force, NASA and the commercial space industry. NASA's release says the...

August 17, 2026 · Information Integrity, Press & Democratic Norms

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Space Force Base Security Holds Five Invited Reporters and Two Service Members at Gunpoint for Half an Hour

Five journalists and two service members were held at gunpoint on Monday afternoon by Vandenberg Space Force Base security police who apparently believed they were gate runners, despite the group having invitations...