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I spent my Fourth of July in New York City - hanging out in Times Square during the celebration there, attending a Yankees game, and watching fireworks with 500 of my closest friends on a cruise boat on the Hudson River.

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Trump Tries To Take Credit for a Walmart July 4 Grocery Sale

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Trump Tries To Take Credit for a Walmart July 4 Grocery Sale

He understands economics about as well as he understands the limits of presidential power.

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Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941

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Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941

7/8/1941: Justice James Byrnes takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com.

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Talarico knocks Paxton for spending Fourth of July in UK

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Talarico knocks Paxton for spending Fourth of July in UK

Texas state Rep. James Talarico is bringing attention to the fact that his Senate opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, spent the Fourth of July in the United Kingdom instead of the United States as the race becomes more personally contentious. “Americans celebrated 250 years of independence from Britain this weekend,” Talarico posted on X. […]

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UPDATE: 6 Arrested in Teen Takeover at July 4 Block Party in South Carolina – New Video Shows Chaos Before Teens Beat White Female Police Officer (VIDEO)

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UPDATE: 6 Arrested in Teen Takeover at July 4 Block Party in South Carolina – New Video Shows Chaos Before Teens Beat White Female Police Officer (VIDEO)

New details and footage have emerged from the July 4 teen takeover in North Charleston, South Carolina, and the North Charleston Police Chief has addressed the incident. As The Gateway Pundit reported, a mob of teens at a July 4 block party on Saturday attacked police officers after they responded to reports of gunfire and individuals firing fireworks toward passing vehicles. The post UPDATE: 6 Arrested in Teen Takeover at July 4 Block Party in South Carolina – New Video Shows Chaos Before Teens Beat White Female Police Officer (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Graham Platner’s rape allegation: Letters to the Editor — July 8, 2026

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Graham Platner’s rape allegation: Letters to the Editor — July 8, 2026

NY Post readers discuss Democrats calling for Graham Platner to drop out of the Senate race following rape allegations.

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Joe Concha: July Fourth Karens and Newsoms are all the same

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Joe Concha: July Fourth Karens and Newsoms are all the same

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha blasted the wave of negative Fourth of July messaging, arguing the holiday should be a moment to celebrate the country, not dwell on its shortcomings. “If you’re one of these people who decided to take this incredible occasion to crap all over this republic, whether you’re a Karen or a Newsom, […]

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Dueling 4th of July Messages

Monday, July 6th on RealClearPolitics - joined by RCP White House Reporter Carolina Lumetta

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One July 4 detail marked the beginning of the end for Trump: ex-GOP operative

Raw Story

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One July 4 detail marked the beginning of the end for Trump: ex-GOP operative

President Donald Trump's turn as master of ceremonies for America's 250th birthday drew a scathing review from Steve Schmidt, and the veteran political operative claimed it foreshadows the president's downfall.In a Monday episode of his show "The Warning," Schmidt, a former Republican strategist who co-founded the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, tore into the president's handling of the July 4 festivities. He mocked the scale of the fireworks as "overkill," derided Trump's Independence Day address, and argued that New York City, with its tall ship parade up the Hudson, "saved the celebration" while Trump's Washington spectacle faltered.Trump had promised the biggest Fourth of July bash in history. However, the National Mall event was hampered by scorching heat, long lines, and a weather delay that thinned the crowd before he took the stage. Schmidt has been far from the only critic, with a presidential historian separately dismissing Trump's holiday rhetoric as "Joe McCarthy Red Scare idiocy."Schmidt reserved his sharpest words for the president himself. "Donald Trump is the smallest president we've ever had," he said, calling him "minuscule and preposterous."The operative framed the weekend as a turning point rather than a triumph. Invoking Winston Churchill's wartime line that "you do your worst and we will do our best," Schmidt predicted a reckoning at the ballot box."Donald Trump is about to be repudiated from coast to coast," he said. "When he wonders why, he should remember the night he couldn't even get the fireworks right on the Fourth of July."Schmidt's broadside landed as Trump's birthday events drew mockery over sparse crowds and logistical stumbles. He urged Americans to answer what he called Trump's "depravity" by building "a better America."

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