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National Mall reopens after crowds shelter amid severe weather in D.C.

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The National Mall has reopened after crowds sheltered due to severe weather in Washington, D.C. President Trump is expected to deliver his speech as planned. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports on what to expect from the Salute to America 250 celebration.

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DEVELOPING: National Mall’s Salute to America Celebration Evacuated Due to Lightning in the Area – Patriots Sing Star Spangled Banner During Evacuation (VIDEO)

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DEVELOPING: National Mall’s Salute to America Celebration Evacuated Due to Lightning in the Area – Patriots Sing Star Spangled Banner During Evacuation (VIDEO)

The Salute to America Celebration on the National Mall has come under evacuation and shelter-in-place orders due to extreme weather and lightning in the area. The thousands already in attendance are being told to seek shelter. The post DEVELOPING: National Mall’s Salute to America Celebration Evacuated Due to Lightning in the Area – Patriots Sing Star Spangled Banner During Evacuation (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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‘Now there’s a stampede’: Chaotic scenes emerge amid evacuation order at Trump’s fair

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‘Now there’s a stampede’: Chaotic scenes emerge amid evacuation order at Trump’s fair

A number of journalists reporting on the ground at the Great American State Fair have shared video of chaotic scenes unfolding after an evacuation order was issued due to severe weather, chaos sparked by “several hundred” attendees who refused to leave the National Mall.“Look, look, it’s a stampede, they’re jumping over the things, people are falling down right over here!” said controversial far-right journalist James O’Keefe, reporting from the National Mall in a video uploaded to social media Saturday evening. “They evacuated everything, and now there’s a stampede!”A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued Saturday night, leading local law enforcement officials to order fair attendees to evacuate. The Secret Service suspended security screenings at the fair and urged attendees to “move to shelter immediately.”According to several journalists reporting on the ground, however, a number of attendees have refused evacuation orders.“Chaos right now on the Washington Monument ground as the Secret Service tells everyone to leave, then someone says ‘mic check’ on the stage and people rush back in,” wrote CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil on a social media post on X.Savanah Hernandez, a contributor for the conservative advocacy organization Turning Point USA, shared video of a chaotic scene showing attendees “chanting ‘USA USA’ and attempting to run back into the ‘Salute America’ event.”And Joe Khalil, Capitol Hill correspondent for NewsNation, shared video showing the National Mall cleared of attendees, but only after the involvement of the National Guard.“A lot of people were not leaving when directed by staff and by the announcements on the loudspeaker,” Khalil wrote in a social media post, sharing video of the scene at the National Mall.“The National Guard teams just now cleared the mall. Everything was gentle. Smooth. But it took the Nat. Guard’s presence to finally evacuate the mall area.”WASHINGTON DC- Attendees of the “Salute to America” event chant “USA” and begin to rush back toward the event as Secret Service and Park police attempt to evacuate the crowds due to inclement weather. Thousands have been waiting in line for hours to try and get in for tonight’s… pic.twitter.com/MW5xmwX7yP— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) July 5, 2026

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Trump vows to continue fair amid chaotic evacuation: ‘Don’t care if it’s 2 in the morning'

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Trump vows to continue fair amid chaotic evacuation: ‘Don’t care if it’s 2 in the morning'

Following the severe weather evacuations at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump remained defiant and vowed to continue festivities – which include a massive fireworks show and a speech by Trump – even if it means waiting until “2 o’clock in the morning.”“We will wait it out, I don’t care if it’s 2:00 O’Clock in the morning, or in one hour from now,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Looks like it is going to pass, they always do. I will be there no matter what, but the ‘what’ usually turns out to be a good thing. It’s Saturday night, LETS HAVE SOME FUN, even if we are out late tonight. They say 11:00 O’Clock for the speech. Who cares???”Chaotic scenes erupted at the fair Saturday evening after law enforcement officials directed attendees to leave the National Mall, and several hundred attendees initially refused to do so. The Secret Service suspended security screenings for the fair and urged attendees to “move to shelter immediately.”“I’m not going to let some rain stop our 250th,” Trump wrote. “I’m leaving the White House soon. God Bless America!”

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WATCH LIVE: President Trump’s Historic 250th Independence Day Address Delayed by Weather – Trump Responds: “I Don’t Care if it’s 2:00 O’Clock in the Morning… LETS HAVE SOME FUN”

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WATCH LIVE: President Trump’s Historic 250th Independence Day Address Delayed by Weather – Trump Responds: “I Don’t Care if it’s 2:00 O’Clock in the Morning… LETS HAVE SOME FUN”

President Trump is set to deliver remarks at the Lincoln Memorial tonight on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in what will be perhaps the most monumental speech of his Presidency. As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, however, severe weather and lightning in the area caused the National Mall to be evacuated just before Trump's speech. The post WATCH LIVE: President Trump’s Historic 250th Independence Day Address Delayed by Weather – Trump Responds: “I Don’t Care if it’s 2:00 O’Clock in the Morning… LETS HAVE SOME FUN” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Trump’s assault on nation’s founding promise hands the left perfect opportunity: historian

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Trump’s assault on nation’s founding promise hands the left perfect opportunity: historian

Donald Trump's assault on the nation's founding democratic promise has handed the political left a perfect opportunity to reclaim its legacy, argued historian Harvey Kaye in an analysis published in Zeteo on Saturday.Kaye, professor emeritus of democracy and justice studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, wrote that the nation is marking its 250th anniversary even as "Donald Trump and his minions" pursue their "reactionary ambitions" – a timing he called "nothing less than ironic, as if history were playing a cruel joke on us."“Hardly the grounds for a grand celebration. And yet, the 250th comes at the perfect time for the Left,” Kaye wrote. “Indeed, rather than dismiss or scorn the occasion as we may be wont to, we progressives, populists, and democratic socialists should step up and embrace it. For are we not also finally seeing the beginnings of a real democratic surge – a surge that might actually lead to taking back the Democratic Party from the neoliberals and billionaires?”Kaye called on Americans to remember they are "heirs to the promise and project of the American Revolution," invoking Thomas Paine's declaration that "we have it in our power to begin the world over again."Kaye pointed to past national crises – the Civil War and the Great Depression – as models for how Americans previously responded to authoritarian threats, writing that each generation made the country "radically freer, more equal, and more democratic than ever before."“Reminding ourselves of all of that, and sensing the democratic possibilities that are emerging, let us toast the 250th with words from the man who first turned us into radicals,” Kaye wrote. “Angered by misrepresentations of the American Revolution in a history published in 1782 by the famed French writer, Abbe Raynal, Paine replied, ‘It is yet too soon to write the history of the Revolution.’”

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Heat wave cancels some DC Independence Day celebrations

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Heat wave cancels some DC Independence Day celebrations

A dangerous heat wave blanketing much of the East Coast disrupted Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, D.C., forcing organizers to cancel or delay several events planned for the nation’s 250th Independence Day. A heat dome settled over much of the eastern United States through the holiday weekend, sending temperatures into the triple digits. Washington […]

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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of Washington, D.C.

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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of Washington, D.C.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the District of Columbia and surrounding areas in Maryland and Virginia on Saturday afternoon ahead of President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated speech to commemorate the United States’s 250th Independence Day. Amid a record-setting heat wave that began earlier in the week on the […]

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Weather emergencies disrupt Trump’s Fourth of July plans

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Weather emergencies disrupt Trump’s Fourth of July plans

WASHINGTON — It was supposed to be the largest Fourth of July celebration in recent history, featuring a record-breaking fireworks display and remarks by President Donald Trump.

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National Mall reopens after crowds shelter amid severe weather in D.C.

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