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FILE - The U.S. Justice Department sign is seen, Nov. 18, 2022, in Washington. Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when they used certain kinds of discipline, according to the U.S. Justice Department, which announced an agreement Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in which the district has agreed to revise its policies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

It’s time the DOJ stop unjustly prosecuting pro-life supporters

By Zachary Mettler and Focus on the Family – Higher Ground Partner

America is always worth celebrating illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

America is always worth celebrating

By Mike Pence

Independence Day, the Founders, and their dependence on God

By Jim Daly and Focus on the Family – Higher Ground Partner

Crystal Baziel holds the Pan-African flag Monday, June 19, 2023, during Reedy Chapel A.M.E Church's annual Juneteenth Family Fun Day, in Galveston, Texas. Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history’s darkest chapters with joy, in the form of parades, street festivals, musical performances or cookouts. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP, File)

The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth

By Terry Tang - Associated Press

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, leaves the chamber after the Republican-controlled House voted along party lines to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

‘Extremely troubling’: GOP lawmakers irate Secret Service quit investigation of White House cocaine

By Kerry Picket and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building, Nov. 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Supreme Court this week to review a lower court’s ruling against boycotting Israel, arguing the restriction impedes on First Amendment rights. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Freedom reigns, as judge tells Team Biden, Big Tech to quit collusion

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Motorists head southbound in the local and express lanes on Interstates 90-94 in slow and thickening traffic as a CTA train enters a station on the first day of the Fourth of July holiday weekend Friday, July 1, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Record-high 50 million expected to travel for 4th of July

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 15, 2023. As Israel turns 75, it has much to celebrate. But instead of feting its accomplishments as a regional and economic powerhouse, the nation founded as a home for the world's Jews in the wake of the Holocaust finds itself under threat -- not by foreign enemies but by bitter internal divisions. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

A deeply divided Israel limps toward its 75th birthday

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Richmond Police Chief Gerald M Smith gestures during a press conference at Richmond Virginia Police headquarters Wednesday July 6, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Police that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns — an announcement that came just two days after a deadly mass shooting on the holiday in a Chicago suburb. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Tip from ‘hero citizen’ prevented mass shooting in Richmond, Virginia, police say

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by the City of Highland Park Police Department shows Robert (Bobby) E. Crimo III. Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogmen said Monday, July 4, 2022, that police have identified 22-year-old Crimo as a person of interest in an Independence Day parade shooting in suburban Chicago. (City of Highland Park Police Department via AP)

‘Person of interest’ in Highland Park shooting arrested; 6 killed, multiple people wounded

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this file photo, fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, on July 3, 2018. Recent public opinion surveys have exposed a rift on patriotic attitudes that academics say could lead to Independence Day becoming a holiday mostly embraced by conservatives. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) **FILE**

Independence Day on track to be a conservative holiday, experts say

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Illustration on the foundations for Juneteenth and the Constitution by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Juneteenth v. July 4

By Scott Walker

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. ,arrives at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

House Democrats slammed for America-bashing July 4th posts

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A U.S. flag flies with the sun in the background, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in downtown Seattle. Temperatures cooled considerably in western Washington, Oregon and British Columbia Wednesday after several days of record-breaking heat, but the interior regions of the region were still sweating through triple-digit temperatures as the weather system moved east. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The American flag still outshines its detractors

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on the nature of freedom in China and America by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

While America heralds freedoms won, Communist China celebrates oppression

By Scott Walker

This image shows an 1876 engraving titled &quot;Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776&quot; made available by the Library of Congress. On that day, the Continental Congress formally endorsed the Declaration of Independence. Celebrations began within days: parades and public readings, bonfires and candles and the firing of 13 musket rounds, one for each of the original states. Nearly a century passed before the country officially named its founding a holiday. ( J. Trumbull, W.L. Ormsby via AP)

July 4, Juneteenth and the meaning of national holidays

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Declare ‘independence’ from meat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this July 4, 2018 file photo, Deon Stewart and his daughter Semiyah, of New York, join other spectators as they watch a fireworks display on the east side of Manhattan, part of Independence Day festivities in New York. The Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show will return to New York City this year. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Fireworks sellers warn of shortage, ‘challenge’ to restock through July 4

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this July 3, 2020, file photo, fireworks light the sky over the Mount Rushmore National Memorial near Keystone, S.D. A federal judge on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, rebuffed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's efforts to force the National Park Service to grant the state permission to shoot fireworks from Mount Rushmore National Memorial to celebrate Independence Day this year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)

Kristi Noem blasts ‘political’ ruling that nixed Mount Rushmore fireworks for July 4

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 13, 2020, photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP) **FILE**

Federal judge declines to order July 4 fireworks at Mount Rushmore

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press