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He likely established what will become an annual tradition —  one later presidents, decades from now, will continue to observe. And he gave the American people the tribute that we have long deserved, but which we have somehow been unable, until now, to give ourselves, too afraid to pass along to the next generation. The president’s opponents said that his revamped Fourth of July celebrations smacked of authoritarianism. They said that the ceremonial use of tanks in a parade, as well as the flyovers from every branch of the U.S.

“A great crowd of tremendous Patriots this evening, all the way back to the Washington Monument,” he tweeted. Attendees with tickets were admitted into the area around the Lincoln Memorial and half-way down the reflecting pool around 3 p.m. ET. Heavy rain commenced around 3:30 p.m. ET. The rain lasted for approximately two hours before abating before the celebration began at 6:30 p.m.

Lawyers for the Trump administration are currently in talks discussing if a proposed executive order would meet “a constitutional need,” according to a report from Axios. “The administration is considering the appropriateness of an executive order that would address the constitutional need for the citizenship question to be included in the 2020 census,” a senior legal source in the administration told Axios. The Supreme Court

The Revolution Club’s Gregory “Joey” Johnson – who won the landmark 1989 Supreme Court case Texas v.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it was still looking for a way to include a controversial citizenship question on the 2020 Census, even though the government has started the process of printing the questionnaire without it. The abrupt shift from the Justice Department came hours after President Trump insisted he was not dropping his efforts to ask about citizenship in next year’s nationwide survey.

This July 4, President Trump is finally getting the grand military display he has reportedly wanted since attending France’s Bastille Day parade in 2017. The “Salute to America,” scheduled to be held on the National Mall on Thursday evening, promises to be a spectacle.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Ohio law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, allowing clinics to continue to provide the procedure as a legal battle advances. Wednesday’s decision halts enforcement of the so-called heartbeat bill law that opponents argued would effectively ban the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the Ohio law in April, after predecessor Republican John Kasich twice vetoed it.

SAN ANTONIO — Julián Castro was back here in his hometown last weekend, inside an old uniform factory turned industrial office complex to triumphantly christen a new headquarters for what has suddenly become a revitalized Democratic presidential campaign. “The media often focused on a few candidates out of Washington, D.C., but we are here in Texas,” Castro, 44, shouted to cheers from a crowd filled with people decked out in glitter and rainbow-colored attire for the San Antonio Pride Parade.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, the only Republican in Congress to call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, said Thursday he is leaving the GOP because he has become disenchanted with partisan politics and ‘‘frightened by what I see from it.’’ In an opinion article published in the Washington Post , on July 4, Amash said partisan politics is damaging American democracy. ‘‘I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party,’’ Amash said.

Sen. MORE on the stage, taking aim at his civil rights record as a senator in the 1970s. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday showed overtaking fellow Sen.