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How Americans celebrated the bicentennial — with fireworks, a Freedom Train and Farrah

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent

The Independent UK

On This Day in History, June 13: Alexander dies, Miranda ruling, Korea summit, FIFA 2026 awarded to US-Canada-Mexico, Trump charged and more events

On This Day in History, June 13 witnessed the death of Alexander the Great, the signing of the enduring Anglo-Portuguese alliance, the landmark Miranda ruling, Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination, the first summit between North and South Korean leaders and the historic federal criminal case against Donald Trump. The date…

The Economic Times

Republicans Push to Enshrine 'Department of War' Name in Defense Bill; Rebrand Could Cost Up to $125 Million

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, called the proposal "one of the dumbest things that has been done by this administration"

Latin Times

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Review: George Washington's Apple Brandy

A replica of Washington's apple brandy is available for purchase at his Mount Vernon estate.

Reason

America’s 250th birthday celebration is replacing history with toxic myth

This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalism

The Guardian - US

1776 All-Stars: Samuel Adams Was the Most Libertarian Founder

The libertarian rabble-rouser who helped ignite the American Revolution

Reason

Trumpiana: Who is the GOATest of them all?

Miffed at the Kennedy Center removing his name, Trump plasters his greatness everywhere!

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Brewery brings back George Washington’s beer recipe to celebrate 250 years of America

America’s first president recorded the recipe while he was serving as a colonel in the Virginia militia

The Independent UK

Native Americans Taught Colonists How To Fight—and To Live Without Kings

Unlike in Europe, native rulers had little formal authority; they had to persuade others to follow their ideas.

Reason

The Guardian view on Trump’s omnipresence: commanding attention like a king

Editorial: The president’s image and name are proliferating in Washington and beyond, overturning well-advised democratic taboos on glorifying sitting leaders

The Guardian - UK

Turns out America’s favorite villain may have been framed as historian gives King George III a makeover

King George inherited the throne in 1760 at age 22, overseeing an empire stretching across continents

The Independent UK

MAGA fails to conquer arts and music

Trump’s losses at the Kennedy Center and Freedom 250 follow Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl humiliation

Salon

'Dumocracy' in America: When the President becomes a punchline

TOI correspondent from Washington: Historians may someday conclude that US President Donald Trump's greatest contribution to American political discourse was not immigration enforcement or peace treaty, or even a trade war. It may have been a painstaking seminar on how he coined the word "Dumocrats."

The Times of India

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s IQ test: ‘No president has had to have his brain examined this many times’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s cognitive faculties, his failed plans for a concert series and the rise of Spencer Pratt in the California primaries

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The Conversation

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it everything…

Salon

Flattery is the job in Trump's Cabinet

A New York Times review of hours of meetings found officials spend more time fawning than governing

Reason

1776 All-Stars: Benjamin Franklin Reminds Us To Just Do Things

Franklin was fundamentally an optimist, and his life reminds us that politics is not what really matters.

Reason

The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too

There's a lesson laying there: Make it local, embrace the commercial, and ignore the president.

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Reason

Henry Clay's Deal That Was No Deal: How the Compromise of 1850 Deepened the Slavery Crisis

The Compromise of 1850 was really no compromise at all.

Reason

Introducing Reason's America 250 Issue

America was a bicentennial basketcase. For the sestercentennial, we're in shambles. But there are still many reasons to celebrate.

The Times of India

Mount Rushmore dream: Donald Trump shares AI-generated image of himself next to celebrated US Presidents

US President Donald Trump has reignited discussion over his place in American history after sharing an AI-generated image of himself carved alongside four former US presidents on Mount Rushmore, reviving a years-long push tied to his stated ambition of appearing on the national monument.

The Times of India

Trump's messy makeover reveals golden age of chaos

TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is facing growing questions about the coherence of his middle-east policy after claiming he has deliberately "spared" Iran's military, despite repeatedly declaring that US forces had already "decimated," and "obliterated," Iran's military capabilities.

International Business Times UK

Trump Claims Average Americans Don't Know 'Dumb' Ends With a 'B' in Wild, Viral Rant

Donald Trump has been mocked online after telling Lara Trump that 'most people' do not know the word 'dumb' ends with a 'b,' while defending his new 'Dumocrats' insult.

Cinemablend

Nate Bargatze's Beloved George Washington SNL Sketch Did Not Go Well At The Table Read

If only Washington foresaw what would happen.

The Independent UK

Vanilla Ice breaks silence after several artists drop out of Trump’s Freedom 250 concert

‘I’m here to party with America, man,’ the ‘Ice Ice Baby’ singer said

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