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House Speaker Johnson urges Congress to restrict birthright citizenship over "birth tourism" days after the Supreme Court ruled the 14th Amendment protects it.
Kavanaugh concurrence invited congressional exceptions
Source: USA Today
July 5, 2026
Trump inflates his July 4 crowd claim from 375,000 during his speech to 422,000 the next day, offering no evidence for either figure.
Bicentennial drew 500,000 for parade alone
Source: Mediaite
July 5, 2026
NASA chief Isaacman flies his vintage F-5 jet over the packed Mall celebration after the FAA denied his request, deeming the aircraft very high-risk.
Declared jets NASA-controlled, titles untransferred
Source: The Wall Street Journal [gift link]
July 5, 2026
Trump says he personally overruled a recommendation from every agency involved to cancel his storm-evacuated Mall celebration, where heat sent 34 people to hospitals.
Less than half of crowd returned
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
July 5, 2026
White House Independence Day report brands Smithsonian leadership radical activists who cannot be trusted to tell America's story, signaling Trump may install loyalists.
Targets institution's first Black secretary
Source: The Independent
July 5, 2026
Trump posts a doctored image of the Obamas boarding a graffiti-covered Air Force One, months after his deleted post depicting the couple as primates.
Arabic graffiti and BLM tags added
Source: The Associated Press
July 5, 2026
