Experts suggest focusing on founding documents and minimizing the focus on current political figures could prevent the semiquincentennial from deepening partisan divides.

President Donald Trump has gone to Iowa to kick off a year of patriotic festivities leading up to next year's 250th anniversary of American independence.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon tore into Elon Musk on Friday after the billionaire backed the creation of a new political party. Earlier this week, Musk announced he would help launch the “America Party” as an alternative to Republicans and Democrats if Congress passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Musk tweeted a poll to his X followers Friday asking if they want “independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system.” In a subsequent tweet, he said “one way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts,

LL Cool J says he won't perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia until the city and the largest municipal workers' union come to an agreement amid an ongoing strike.