The game the rest of the world knows as football is teaching America something about itself on its 250th birthday and reminding international visitors that the nation is far more welcoming and complex ...

Fireworks burst above marbled monuments honoring America’s forefathers for roughly 40 minutes as sun-drenched and rain-soaked Americans watched. The past-midnight display sparkled above the National ...

America 250 has me feeling very sentimental about all that this country has enabled me (and so many other Americans!) to achieve, build and dream. With the country’s 250th anniversary coming up next ...

Whenever and however America’s war with Iran ends, it has both exposed and exacerbated the dangers of our new, fractured, multipolar reality—driving deeper wedges between the United States and former ...

America turns 250 on July 4. In 1976, it reached 200. The bicentennial took place in tumultuous times, the country divided over politics. At the semiquincentennial, we are divided again. The vibe at ...

The 4th of July holiday is putting a huge focus on America 250 this year, the formal celebration happening across the country that commemorates America's 250th birthday. If you've been following along ...

Discussions of American power are prone to hyperbole. In his first inauguration speech, in 2017, Donald Trump lamented “American carnage”. In his second, in 2025, he declared that “America will ...

It’s hard to know how to mark a milestone birthday, especially for the rich and powerful. A fancy dinner, or perhaps a trip? As America approaches 250, friends and admirers at home and abroad worry ...

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy made it official: The American-dominated liberal world order is over. This is not because the United States proved materially incapable of ...