July 4th live updates as weather woes impact celebrations and National Mall evacuated ^6.5%

CBS News - By Emily Mae Czachor, Kiki Intarasuwan, Nicole Sganga - 7/5/2026, 1:27 AM

Appeal to Authority 8% - Optimism Bias 6.7% - Indoctrination 6.7%

In a Truth Social post shortly after organizers of Freedom 250 said that the National Mall would reopen to visitors following evacuations due to thunderstorms, President Trump wrote that he was "not going to let some rain stop our 250th." "We will wait it out, I don't care if it's 2:00 O'Clock in the morning, or in one hour from now,"... more