- President Trump gave a campaign-style July 4 speech on the National Mall, mixing patriotic highlights with calls for voting restrictions and warnings about communism.
- A storm delay and record heat (over 100°F) forced evacuations and shortened what he had promised would be a long address.
- The Freedom 250 celebration drew criticism for partisanship—parts of the Mall were fenced off for a conservative fair, some performers and states stayed away, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll found most Americans say the events have become too political.
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