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In his typical understated fashion, President Donald Trump has billed his Fourth of July rally in Washington, D.C., as the culmination of the “most unforgettable birthday party any country has ever seen.” It’s hard to argue any different. From brutal bloodsport on the White House lawn to the great emptiness of the “Great American State Fair” to his filthy, fenced-in reflecting pool on the National Mall, Trump has offered up semiquincentennial spectacles destined to be etched into the minds of Am

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Calgary for the annual Calgary Stampede parade. Olympic medallists Mikaël Kingsbury and Courtney Sarault were the parade marshals while Calgary-raised actor Andrew Phung was a celebrity judge.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with B.C. to make it possible. Smith and Carney stood together in Calgary to announce that Alberta has formally submitted a proposed route to the federal major projects office. (July 2, 2026)

The authors of Muskism break down the beliefs, business strategy, and political influence behind the world’s richest man.

Ten newly minted physicians were honored last week as the Cherokee Nation marked the graduation of its 2026 residency classes in family medicine and pediatrics, adding another cohort of doctors trained to serve rural and tribal communities across northeastern Oklahoma. The ceremony, held June 26 at the Chota Conference Center, recognized eight graduates of the OMECO/Cherokee Nation Family Medicine residency and two graduates of the OMECO/OSU Pediatrics Tribal/Rural Health Track. Cherokee N

The conventional telling of America’s origin story leaves out perhaps its greatest heroes.

Many literary classics have a way of appealing to our lizard brains while making us question why we're so compelled by them.

The expansiveness of the concept helps explain its endurance.

Jamir Nazir, the controversial winner of the Commonwealth award, tells his side of the story.

Does patriotism still sell in 2026?

An unfinished ode from 1876 offers a lesson for America’s 250th.

A scorching heat wave in Europe, a bonfire celebration in Argentina, a Pride parade in Seattle, semiquincentennial celebrations across America, and much more

On New Year’s Eve, fireworks bloomed behind the Washington Monument. Along the side of the 550-foot structure, a birthday candle was projected, flickering as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played. This spectacle kicked off Freedom 250’s countdown to the semiquincentennial and was followed by animated neoclassic-style graphics overlaid with audio narrating the nation’s “discovery, expansion, independence, and future.” As the narrative unraveled and onlookers watched Christopher Columbus sail across t

Why such a slim Supreme Court majority upheld birthright citizenship