--- title: fourth of july | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/fourth-of-july/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/fourth-of-july/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # fourth of july ## fourth of july *  Jun 29, 2026 ## [Inside the Fight Over Trump's Fourth of July Party](https://time.com/article/2026/06/29/America-250th-birthday-Fourth-of-July-Donald-Trump-Freedom-250/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Philip Wang *  Jul 5, 2019 ## [Trump's Big Show](https://time.com/5620867/donald-trump-fourth-july-salute-america/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Madeleine Joung *  Jul 1, 2019 ## [President Trump Has Planned a Big Military Tribute for the Fourth of July. That's Not the Best Way to Honor the Troops](https://time.com/5617160/trump-fourth-of-july-military/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeremy Butler *  Jul 5, 2017 ## [Fans Are Crushed Taylor Swift Skipped Her 4th of July Party](https://time.com/4845197/taylor-swift-4th-july-2017/) by Raisa Bruner *  Jul 4, 2017 ## [Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest](https://time.com/4844550/joey-chestnut-breaks-his-own-record-to-win-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Yifan Wang *  Jun 30, 2017 ## [5 Creative Ways to Photograph Fireworks](https://time.com/4839208/july-4th-fireworks-photos/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Josh Raab *  Jun 29, 2017 ## [Move Over, Fourth of July. There May Be a Better Day to Celebrate America's Independence](https://time.com/4834035/july-4th-independence-moments/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Olivia B. Waxman *  Jun 29, 2017 ## [America's 'Real' Independence Day Is Not July 4](https://time.com/4838700/americas-real-independence-day/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Olivia B. Waxman *  Jul 6, 2016 ## [Kaley Cuoco Apologizes for Photo of Dogs Sitting on an American Flag After the Internet Got Angry](https://time.com/4394601/kaley-cuoco-dog-american-flag-photo-apology/) by Ashley Hoffman *  Jul 5, 2016 ## [Taylor Swift's Fourth of July Party Looks Like a Lot of Work](https://time.com/4394014/taylor-swift-4th-of-july-instagram-2016/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Cady Lang *  Jul 5, 2016 ## [These Celebrities Had a Better Fourth of July Than You And These Instagrams Are Proof](https://time.com/4393176/july-4th-taylor-swift-celebrities/) by Cady Lang *  Jul 5, 2016 ## [Watch President Obama Sing 'Happy Birthday' to Malia](https://time.com/4392807/president-obama-malia-birthday-white-house-fourth-july/) by TIME Staff *  Jul 4, 2016 ## [John Cena's New Ad Sends Powerful Message About Patriotism](https://time.com/4392727/john-cena-patriotism-ad-we-are-america/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jul 1, 2016 ## [President Obama's Official Photographer Selects His Best July 4th Photos](https://time.com/4391156/obama-pete-souza-july-4th/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Olivier Laurent *  Jul 1, 2016 ## [14 Photos That Prove Taylor Swift Does Fourth of July Better Than Anyone Else](https://time.com/4390634/taylor-swift-july-4th/) by Cady Lang ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/fourth-of-july/","name":"fourth of july"}}]}] ```