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Battle over Space Command HQ location heats up as lawmakers press new Air Force secretary

Years after the first Trump administration moved to designate Alabama as the home of a permanent Space Command headquarters (HQ), the political tug-of-war for the base continues.
Colorado Republicans are urging the president to rethink the decision while Alabama lawmakers insist it will and should move forward.
After his May 13 confirmation, new Air Force Secretary Troy Meink can now expect a lot of calls from Capitol Hill pulling him in different directions over the HQ.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said he had already discussed the matter with him.
«I look forward to his recommendation that he concur with the last two secretaries of the Air Force and recommend to Huntsville,» he said. «And I fully expect, based on our conversation, that’s going to be what happens.»
The Space Force’s home for the time being — Colorado Springs, Colorado — makes sense from the money that has already been invested in setting up shop there, according to Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., whose district encompasses the current HQ.
«It would mean $2 billion in savings to leave it where it is,» Crank told Fox News Digital, pointing to savings from not having to build a new HQ building.
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President Donald Trump announced plans to move headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, in his first term — but former President Joe Biden undid those plans when he came into office.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said he had already discussed the matter with the new Air Force secretary. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Space Command has operated out of Peterson Space Force base in Colorado Springs since its 2019 inception. The command is responsible for military operations in space and will play a major role in the Golden Dome project.
Crank argues that geographically, Colorado makes more sense — it is also home to Northern Command, and the two will need to coordinate over Trump’s new Golden Dome missile defense project.
«They’ve got to be seamless in their efforts to communicate,» said Crank. «We don’t want any delay in getting Golden Dome up and running.»
He argued that Space Command HQ, nestled into Cheyenne Mountain, is already «one of the most secure facilities» in the country. Being in the middle of the U.S., he added, makes it harder for enemies to attack.
«From the standpoint of survivability, having that as an asset right there as well is, is really important.»
Rogers brushed off the complaints from his Colorado counterparts and argued Alabama had won fair and square.
«They’re just doing their job, you know, they don’t want to see it leave,» said Rogers. But, «they lost two nationwide competitions. It’s not me saying it should be in Huntsville.»

Then-President Joe Biden, pictured greeting Air Force Thunderbirds pilots at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, moved to keep the base in Colorado. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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He argued that right now, the command is spread out across four to five different buildings, some of which are outside the base perimeter.
«None of them were built for classified operations,» he said. «They just kind of make it work.»
Rogers pointed to a recent Defense Department inspector general (IG) report examining Biden’s 2023 decision not to move the headquarters. That report found that then-Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recommended that SPACECOM go to Redstone Arsenal, near Huntsville, Alabama, because the move would save $462 million.
However, then SPACECOM Commander, Gen. James Dickinson, wanted to keep the permanent HQ in Colorado due to Air Force findings that the Alabama option would not be operational for three to four years. Dickinson and SPACECOM officers also worried that more than half of the highly trained civilian staff in Colorado would quit rather than move to Alabama for the job.
«USSPACECOM leadership anticipated that the loss of civilian personnel might occur much sooner than (the Air Force) predicated and that USSPACECOM would be unable to secure the manpower investments needed to mitigate the impact of that loss on the command’s readiness,» the report states.

Space Command headquarters. (Space Command/Petty Officer 1st Class John Wagner)
However, Rogers argued, Colorado has had manpower issues as well.
«The reason why Secretary Kendall didn’t concur with them and recommended that it still be moved was that over 300 of the current jobs in Colorado Springs couldn’t be filled,» he said. «They had to contract them out.»
Crank argued that the cost findings in the IG report were flawed because it assumed Colorado would have to build a new HQ building, which he says it would not.
«We don’t need to build a new headquarters building,» he said. «There is one there. If you say you need to build a new headquarters building, then I think it tips it in the favor of Alabama from a cost perspective by about $400 million.»
«But if you don’t do that, and we don’t need it, already have a headquarters building there, it saves the taxpayers $2 billion,» he said.
The IG report said it «could not determine» why Kendall never made a formal announcement decision for the SPACECOM transition after the September 2022 completion of an environmental impact assessment of the planned headquarters site in Alabama.
Without a formal announcement, SPACECOM was able to declare full operational capability in Colorado, the report said.
Rogers said the IG report proved the Biden administration’s move was political, and predicted in April that Trump would formally name Alabama as the home of the Space Force within the month.
However, Crank, along with GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert, Gabe Evans and Jeff Hurd, wrote to Trump and warned him that the move would affect readiness.
«Moving the command would disrupt these established capabilities and partnerships, further diminishing our preparedness to face evolving threats,» they wrote in a letter dated April 8.
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However, Rogers seems confident the move will go forward.
«There’s absolutely no national security implications for moving it,» he said.
«It needs to be in a permanent headquarters, and it needs to be inside the fence. All that’s going to happen in Huntsville.»
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Samara Joy, la nueva estrella del jazz mundial, llega a Buenos Aires para compartir “música auténtica, real”

Samara Joy, la gran estrella emergente del jazz mundial, responde con amabilidad (y genuino interés según puede inferirse de su expresión) durante el diálogo con Infobae Cultura por videollamada, en los días previos a su presentación en Buenos Aires. Lo cual es todo un acontecimiento: pocas veces sucede que alguien en pleno auge, se presenta aquí y ahora. Será el martes 29 en el Teatro Coliseo, un buen escenario y una gran oportunidad para poder apreciar su magnífico registro vocal y un fino repertorio que potencia sus virtudes.
En medio del torbellino de su ascenso a la cúpula, esta joven cantante que reivindica y remite a las diosas del género (sí, Ella Fitzgerald y Sarah Vaughan, nada menos), vive estos días con calma y tranquilidad. Cuando se le pregunta si se siente una estrella, o bien, se lo hacen sentir, responde con simpleza: “Creo que sigo sintiéndome como una persona normal y que sigo manteniendo la cabeza fría, centrada en el verdadero propósito de lo que significa la música. Actuar y compartir la música que siento que es auténtica, real, para mí”.
A sus 24 años, Samara Joy se ha consolidado como una de las voces más reconocidas del jazz contemporáneo. Obtuvo tres premios Grammy, incluyendo el de “Mejor Nueva Artista”, distinción que la posicionó con notable visibilidad en la escena musical global. Su popularidad en redes sociales, especialmente en TikTok, facilitó que públicos jóvenes se acercaran al jazz y la música estadounidense tradicional. De todo eso y otras cuestiones, como la familia, su barrio y la comunidad afroamericana en Estados Unidos, habló en esta entrevista que anticipa uno de los shows más esperados del año.
—Te han comparado con Sarah Vaughan o Ella Fitzgerald. ¿Qué podés decir ante semejante comentario?
—Me siento muy afortunada y es porque ellas me han inspirado. Me siento muy honrada de que cuando la gente me escucha, piensen en esas dos grandes vocalistas.
—¿Cómo te cae que hablen de vos como la “gran estrella” emergente del jazz mundial, capaz de atraer a nuevas generaciones?
—Se siente bien. Creo que el jazz sigue siendo una música atractiva. Hay tanta gente creándolo y tanta gente contribuyendo a su sonido y a su presencia hoy en día… Por eso me siento bendecida por formar parte de las muchas voces y músicos que están haciendo música jazz, que la hacen a su manera y la comparten para crear una nueva audiencia.
—¿Crees que los jóvenes afroamericanos, tus congéneres, conocen y se interesan por el jazz?
—Creo que algunos sí y otros piensen que les gusta más lo derivado de él. Quizás les guste la influencia del R&B o el soul más que el jazz clásico. Pero el hecho de que ya haya interés es un comienzo, ¿no?

—Hablando de la música de tu comunidad… ¿Cómo reaccionaste a la noticia de la muerte de Sly Stone?
—Me gusta mucho su música y me entristeció que haya fallecido. Pero hay mucho para escuchar y además nos dejó un mensaje muy positivo a través de su música, por su contribución y una perspectiva única de la vida.
—Cuando recibiste los Grammy, dijiste: “Soy del Bronx”. ¿Qué significa eso? Sabes que el barrio es famoso en todo el mundo y no siempre de manera positiva, pero vos lo conoces muy bien…
—Ser del Bronx, ser de Nueva York… Sabes, hay mucha creatividad por todas partes y mucha música a todas horas. Y creo que ser del Bronx para mí significa estar rodeada de familia, rodeada de música en una ciudad enérgica donde hay tantos tipos diferentes de personas y ámbitos de la vida. Y yo soy una de ellos, ya sabes. Me alegro de hacer oír mi voz en este mar de gente. Así que me siento agradecido de ser del Bronx.

—Por cierto, ¿Qué hay de tus raíces musicales? Me refiero a la música que escuchabas en tu casa. He leído que tu padre y tus tíos eran cantantes.
—Sí. Mi padre es cantante. Tengo antecedentes musicales por parte de mi padre y mis abuelos. Todos están en la lista negra (risas). Todos son munición, todos son artistas de alguna manera. Y el hecho de haber podido estar rodeado de música desde tan temprana edad y haber sido influenciado por la música de su generación, me ayudó mucho a definir mi identidad como artista. Pude absorber diferentes tipos de sonidos, diferentes tipos de música. Y absorberlos en mi propia voz. Por eso creo que pude convertirme en alguien mejor. Fui más consciente de lo que se necesita para hacer música y de cuántos elementos diferentes hay, desde la producción hasta la interpretación, pasando por la mezcla en el estudio y el escenario. Aprendí y asimilé mucho sobre lo que significa ser artista al escuchar la música de las generaciones de mi padre y de mi abuelo. Fueron mis maestros.
—Cuando eras niña o adolescente, ¿Qué tipo de música te gustaba? ¿Música pop o hip hop?
—Escuchaba música pop. Escuchaba mucho R&B… Gente como Destiny’s Child y Musiq Soulchild. También me gustaba mucho un grupo de gospel llamado Commissioned. Pero también escuchaba a clásicos como The Spinners. Muchas cosas diferentes, me educaron bien (risas).

—Saliendo un poco de la música ¿El movimiento Black Lives Matter sigue activo en este momentos tan particular que vive tu país? ¿O es cosa del pasado?
—Mmm… Creo que sigue siendo muy relevante. Especialmente ahora, con lo terrible que es nuestro gobierno en este momento. El movimiento se compone de personas reales, con problemas y preocupaciones reales. Ya sabes, las cosas de la gente común. Así que, en un momento como este, creo que es útil mantener los pies en la tierra con la comunidad y reconocer realmente el papel que tienes que desempeñar para no sentirte impotente y seguir apoyando a las personas que te rodean, por muy terrible que me parezca lo que está pasando. Hay personas sin hogar, personas que están empezando y no tienen nada, así que si puedo hacer que la vida de alguien sea un poco más fácil y contribuir de esa manera… Esa es una forma en la que creo que podemos seguir animándonos unos a otros y mantener y comprender mucho más nuestra humanidad ante problemas como estos: racistas, de género y todos los demás problemas. Hay que mantenerse con los pies en la tierra.
—Eso mismo, los pies en la tierra, aplica para tu momento artístico. Sos muy joven para ya sos muy famosa ¿Cómo se lleva eso?
—Definitivamente. Me siento con los pies en la tierra. Estoy agradecida y siempre quiero mantener esa mentalidad. Porque creo que la creatividad fluye más cuando se es humilde y consciente, pero sin llegar al punto de que eso domine o potencie completamente tu ego. Ya sabes. Así que, sí. Sigo sintiéndome normal.
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Tim Walz leading Dem effort to turn bipartisan group against President Trump: report

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Progressive governor and failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is leading a Democratic effort to turn one of the country’s most influential bipartisan groups against President Donald Trump, according to a report by a mainstream media outlet.
Walz, the governor of Minnesota and one-time running mate of former Vice President Kamala Harris, is threatening to pull out of the bipartisan National Governors Association (NGA) over concerns it is not doing enough to push back against Trump, according to The Atlantic.
The Atlantic reported that two unnamed people «familiar with the governors’ thinking» shared that at least two Democratic governors — Walz and fellow Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, who is head of the Democratic Governors Association — are opting to stop paying their NGA dues this month.
The two governors will not renew their membership in the organization out of frustration with its inaction against perceived violations of states’ rights by the Trump administration.
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Walz, the governor of Minnesota and one-time running mate of former Vice President Kamala Harris, is threatening to pull out of the bipartisan National Governors Association over concerns it is not doing enough to push back against Trump, according to The Atlantic. (Getty Images)
The concerns raised included the Office of Management and Budget briefly pausing disbursements of federal funds in January, the clash with Democratic Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes and Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard to respond to the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
The outlet reported three other unnamed sources saying that Walz and Kelly are not alone and that the offices of other Democratic governors are similarly frustrated with the NGA.
One of the unnamed sources said «when you are also paying dues with taxpayer dollars, it has got to be worth it, and they are going to have to demonstrate that. Right now, they are not doing that,» the outlet reported.
The source also claimed «there have been ongoing concerns about the NGA among the Democratic governors and staff, off and on, for years.»
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The Atlantic reported that two unnamed people «familiar with the governors’ thinking» shared that at least two Democratic governors — Walz and fellow Gov. Laura Kelly, head of the Democratic Governors Association — are opting to stop paying their NGA dues this month. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The NGA has existed as a forum for bipartisan collaboration among governors since 1908. The organization lists all 50 governors as well as leaders of five U.S. territories as members.
Eric Wohlschlegel, NGA communications director, told Fox News Digital the group «exists to bring governors from both parties together around shared priorities.»
Amid the Walz-led controversy, Wohlschlegel said NGA’s «mission hasn’t changed.»
«Every public statement NGA issues reflects bipartisan consensus,» he said. «So far this year, all but one statement has had that consensus, and when governors don’t agree, we simply don’t issue one. That’s how we preserve our role as a bipartisan convener, a principle we won’t compromise.»
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A source familiar with the situation blamed the controversy on «Democratic infighting, unspoken campaign jockeying and a few anonymous voices looking to reshape a nonpartisan institution into a political one.»
That source pointed out that, despite all the noise about controversy, the NGA’s summer meeting in Colorado Springs this weekend is expected to have «record turnout» with 13 Republican and seven Democratic leaders attending.
They also noted that «no governors are on the record expressing discontent with the NGA. No allegations of misconduct, governance failure or mismanagement have been raised.»

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly enters the House chamber for the State of the State address at the Kansas State Capitol Jan. 10, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. (Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
«What’s behind the noise?» the source added. «There’s an internal power struggle currently and no consensus among Democrats right now on how to lead, how to message or how to govern in a divided environment.
«Several Democratic governors are vying for national attention, testing messages for future campaigns rather than collaborating on consensus governance,» the source added. «The NGA’s bipartisan model is working exactly as it’s supposed to.
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«When a party can’t agree with itself, it becomes easy to take shots at bipartisan institutions that don’t serve short-term political goals.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the outgoing NGA chair, and Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, the incoming chair, for comment on the Walz mutiny.
Though not addressing the controversy directly, Conor Cahill, a spokesperson for Polis, told Fox News Digital the governor «has been honored» to lead the NGA and to «work across the aisle with governors on education, permitting reform, standing up to federal efforts to strip away gubernatorial authority around the National Guard and elevating the priorities of states.»

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks as Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado listens at the NGA in Washington (Fox News/Charlie Creitz)
He added that «during this polarizing time, bipartisan organizations are needed more than ever, and NGA must continue to demonstrate value to all governors and effectively communicate governors’ opinions on various matters with the public and the federal government.»
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Abegail Cave, a spokesperson for Stitt, who will become NGA chair this weekend, told Fox News Digital «people seem to forget NGA is a bipartisan organization, not a political one.»
«Coming to bipartisan consensus is difficult, but governors from across the political spectrum are addressing the real challenges facing Americans every day,» Cave said.
She said that Stitt «looks forward to leading this organization and finding more areas of collaboration in the coming year.»
Fox News Digital also reached out to the offices of Walz and Kelly but did not receive responses by the time of publication.
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