US celebrates 250 years of independence amid polarising political landscape

France 24 Sunday 05 July 2026, 11:13 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. US celebrates 250 years of independence amid polarising political landscape Americas Issued on: Share The 250th anniversary of American independence is colliding with a country gripped by political polarisation and a heat wave bearing down on millions of people across multiple states as celebrations got underway Saturday throughout the United States.

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