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The Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. military, was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2019. From the start, the Space Force had detractors. Air Force officials wondered if it was necessary, while some political observers believed it signified the start of a dangerous (and expensive) militarization.

On the campaign trail, candidates sparred over their past work in the private sector. Despite partisan impeachment hearings, lawmakers reached a flurry of tentative deals on on Space Force, family leave for federal workers.