Trump, America
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In a speech delayed by a two-hour evacuation of the National Mall due to severe weather, President Trump mixed politics with history.
Donald Trump’s America 250 party descended into chaos after a severe weather evacuation left countless MAGA fans stranded outside the National Mall due to blocked off entrances. The 80-year-old president also appeared to doze off during the July the Fourth fireworks—which ended up starting so late it was July 5 by the time the show ended.
Trump claims that 375,000 people were at the National Mall before evacuations. If he’s right, it’d still be fewer than in 1976.
The president would like the $400 million luxury 747 to eventually be the centerpiece of his Miami presidential library but his plans face obstacles.
Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the U.S. anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance.
For Trump, America is “a nation of winners.” For his predecessors, a “work in progress” requiring Americans’ efforts to succeed.
It's always hot on the Fourth of July in America's capital, but this year's temperatures are exceptional. The intense heat and humidity have forced the cancellation of Independence Day parades in both Washington and Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded his call.
President Donald Trump offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war, Kremlin officials say, after multiple past attempts at ending the conflict that failed to bring about an agreement.
President Donald Trump highlights the valor of World War II veterans in his Freedom 250 speech. He honors Ken Schubring, a Pearl Harbor survivor, Arthur Rose, a D-Day landing craft commander and 101-year-old Iwo Jima Marine Corporal Don Graves.
The U.S. president has refashioned the alliance into something far different from its original intention.
