Fourth of July

About two dozen American flags lined up in Needham, Massachusetts, were found burned on Sunday night, according to police.

Instead of celebrating America’s independence over the weekend, professors at colleges and universities around the country offered criticisms of the United States on the Fourth of July. One professor even argued that the United States government should be redesigned for the modern era.

At least six children ranging from ages 6 to 14 have been killed in shootings across the country over Fourth of July weekend.

China’s state-run Global Times decided to phone its Fourth of July editorial in by cut-and-pasting a few insults tossed at President Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore address by American media outlets. 

At least nine people were shot dead on Sunday during the Fourth of July weekend in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (D) New York City.

Newt Gingrich said Joe Biden’s short speech on the Fourth of July “may be the most anti-American speech ever given by an American presidential candidate.”

Tampa, Florida, police arrested seven people after they allegedly refused to stop protesting in the middle of a busy intersection on Saturday afternoon.

A “Back the Blue” car parade honoring members of local law enforcement was held in Osceola County, Florida, on Saturday.

On the Fourth of July, actor Matthew McConaughey suggested that in order to see America’s next birthday, everyone needs to “wear the damn mask.”

WASHINGTON, DC — Protesters on Washington, DC’s Black Lives Matter Plaza failed miserably to get Fourth of July visitors’ eyes off the fireworks show.

Black Lives Matter and indigenous groups turned the Fourth of July into an occasion for protest against the country itself on Saturday, with demonstrations in several cities in California and elsewhere.

Grammy-winner rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West took to Twitter on Independence Day to announce that he is “running for president of the United States.”

Protesters gathered Saturday to object to a boat parade held in celebration of Independence Day and President Trump in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Saturday during his Salute to America celebration from the White House, where he announced the first round of historical figures to be included in the National Garden of American Heroes.

Watch President Donald Trump’s speech at “Salute to America” live on Saturday, the Fourth of July, in Washington, DC, at 6:40 p.m. EST.

Former Vice President Joe Biden urged Americans to commit to ripping “out the roots of systemic racism” on Saturday when delivering his Fourth of July message to the nation. 

The Grammy-winning, multi-millionaire rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs is showing his support for the anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan by promoting the Nation of Islam leader’s July 4th message, which aired Saturday on Revolt TV, the cable channel founded by Combs.

A study shows that Utah is the most independent state in America and Kentucky the least independent based on a set of metrics.

Every Fourth of July commemorates a great moment in American history, and yet not every Fourth of July comes at a happy time for the country.  And this Fourth is one of those unhappy ones. 

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), in a speech during the Mount Rushmore Independence Day celebration, defended America’s founders against what she said was an “organized, coordinated campaign” to eliminate them from history.

Watch live as President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore on Friday evening in Keystone, South Dakota. The event will be part of an Independence Day celebration, which will see the return of fireworks to the national monument for the first time in over a decade.

People who claim U.S. founders started a racist legacy that continues today will protest in D.C. on July 4.

Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Friday urged Americans to wear a mask if they want “more independence and more freedom.”

The Battle of Cowpens could also be a metaphor for the Trump campaign. His enemies, tasting victory, tear down statues. But ours is a history of comebacks.

An overwhelming majority of Americans believe protests, demonstrations, and rallies pose a risk to their health during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, an Axios/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found.

The Democrat Party tweeted, then deleted, an attack on Mount Rushmore, negatively portraying an upcoming event President Trump is planning ahead of Independence Day at the historic monument to four great American presidents.

This is what patriotism looks like.

At least 66 people were shot, five fatally, over July Fourth weekend in gun-controlled Chicago.

A boy is being praised on social media after he ran into the middle of the Arlington, Texas, Fourth of July parade to tie an untied shoelace of one of the Honor Guard members.

Nike’s Betsy Ross-themed athletic shoes, which the company pulled before their Fourth of July debut, have garnered a $15,200 bid on eBay.