Independence Day

Immeasurable sorrow and grief can be felt in the air along the banks of the Guadalupe River in the quaint Texas Hill Country town of Kerrville. A downtown memorial honoring more than 100 flood victims, many of them children, is a stark reminder of the horrendous loss of life caused by the Independence Day weekend floods.

Professional wrestling legend Kevin Nash got some pushback after saying he did not celebrate the Fourth of July this year.

Rapper 4Xtra is now down a few after a gruesome fireworks accident left him with two fewer fingers over the July 4th weekend.

Ex-NFL player Jason Kelce got an unexpected drubbing from anti-American leftists after he posted an uplifting message about loving America.

An Ingram, Texas, man died in the Independence Day flood as he took action to save the lives of his family. The man sustained a fatal laceration as he broke out a window to help his family climb to the roof to escape the rapidly rising waters of the Guadalupe River.

Rosie O’Donnell, still in self-imposed exile from the United States, posted a clip on TikTok this Independence Day unsubtly hinting at her wish for left-wing activists to overthrow the U.S. government.

Rapper LL Cool J did not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hold a Fourth of July celebration at the White House on Friday, July 4.

President Donald Trump signs the Big Beautiful Bill into law during an Independence Day event at the White House on Friday, July 4.

U.S. Coast Guard crews led a multi-agency, multi-national effort to seize more than 5,500 pounds of drugs from smugglers in the Caribbean Sea. The seizures came during four separate interdictions leading to the seizure of 2,200 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana in the days leading up to America’s 249th Independence Day celebration.

Democrats have hit another historic low in that just over one-third of them are either very or extremely proud to be an American, while Gen Z stands out as the least proud generation, a recent Gallup survey finds.

The authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have spent extensive efforts to diminish or outright erase the significance of their countries’ national independence days, crafting unpopular communist replacements for the anniversaries.

President Donald Trump holds a Salute to America celebration at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, July 3.

First Lady Melania Trump visited young hospital patients at D.C.’s Children’s National Hospital on Thursday bearing gifts and even helping decorate the garden for the Independence Day celebrations on Friday.

Celebrating the Fourth of July is proving too dangerous for Los Angeles, prompting municipalities in the area to cancel planned celebrations due to concerns about enforcement actions by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents. The fear did not impede hundreds from attending a “Sick-of-ICE, Sick-of-Trump” protest in the city Tuesday.

President Donald Trump is kicking off this year’s Fourth of July festivities with a “very special event” in Iowa, to kick off the year-long celebration of America’s forthcoming 250th anniversary.

America is “tired” of watching its identity be “hijacked by agendas that cater to a loud but narrow minority,” according to Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX), who is leading an effort in Congress to designate July as “American Pride Month.”

The socialist regime in Venezuela featured Russian Navy sailors marching in its Independence Day celebration this weekend.

An occupant in a Tucson, Arizona, home shot and killed an alleged robber around 1:00 p.m. on Independence Day. 

A Florida World War II veteran made headlines on Independence Day for celebrating a milestone birthday.

Three people are dead after an alleged drunk driver is accused of plowing his Ford F-150 into a New York City park where people were gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July on Thursday.

Thursday’s contest between the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds started with a different contest, one of wills, between a pair of each team’s pitching staffs as the national anthem played.

One of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen — and one of the four original Top Guns — turned 100 on Independence Day.

Independence Day celebrations on South Padre Island, Texas, turned bloody on Thursday when a shark targeted several people.

Extreme pride in being American continues to hover near record low numbers, a Gallup survey released just hours before Independence Day shows.

During a July 4 address, President Joe Biden alluded to the “suckers and losers” hoax he has repeatedly shared to smear Donald Trump.

A cadre of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted July 4th fireworks in New York City as they paraded through the streets while burning American flags and chanting anti-Israel rhetoric.

Rob Reiner warns America: This might be our last July Fourth *ever* if Trump retakes the White House.

Well-known conservative political figures celebrated Independence Day on Thursday, championing the unique American spirit.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) issued a Fourth of July message in which it urged Americans to “reelect President Joe Biden” to protect our “fragile democracy” from the threat of Donald Trump, a “wannabe dictator.”

Israel is sending best wishes to the United States as Americans celebrate Independence Day, emphasizing shared values of liberty and freedom, as the Jewish state fights to preserve its existence against totalitarian terrorists.

It is growing more costly to enjoy a celebratory meal on Independence Day in President Joe Biden’s (D) economy.

This Fourth of July is the most expensive on record in terms of the grocery bill, according to data from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The Founding Fathers, having signed the Declaration of Independence, committed their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to liberty. 

Today is the day President Joe Biden will look to propel himself front and center of the national consciousness as July 4 celebrations are marked across the country.

AAA is predicting record travel — surpassing figures seen prior to the coronavirus pandemic — this Fourth of July week.