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CBS News - By Duarte Dias - 7/5/2026, 6:13 AM

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President Trump paid homage to veterans, attacked communism and touted America's "golden age" in his July 4th speech commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence. Speaking in Washington, D.C. after severe weather forced a two-hour evacuation of the National Mall, Mr. Trump's delayed speech mixed politics, patriotism and... more