As America marks its 250th anniversary, we have an opportunity to reflect on one of history’s greatest experiments. The Founders established a nation unlike any the world had ever seen, not built on ...

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, we received an unexpected gift from millions of World Cup visitors: a fresh reminder of what makes America exceptional. Tourists from dozens of ...

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 ...

When Next250 organizers began planning for America’s 250th birthday, they envisioned bringing together communities in a polarized country to celebrate democracy. But then Donald Trump returned to ...

Americans from sea to shining sea united for a joyous celebration 250 years in the making as the Land of the Free marked a quarter-millennium of independence — and the birth of the once-radical notion ...

America turns 250 on Saturday. But the celebration Americans will see isn’t quite the one organizers spent the last decade planning. For nearly 10 years, the bipartisan, congressionally chartered ...