The Latest Breaking News from July Fourth

Trump signs ‘big beautiful bill’ at July Fourth ceremony at White House - Roll Call

President Donald Trump signed his mammoth domestic policy bill into law, securing a major legislative win by his July Fourth target date.

Roll Call · Jul 4, 2025

LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philadelphia's July Fourth festival in support of workers strike

Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025

How people are celebrating, protesting and traveling for July Fourth

People are approaching this Independence Day with mixed feelings

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025

ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs' July Fourth dread

Most of the U.S. may be looking forward to July Fourth for dazzling displays of fireworks or setting off firecrackers and poppers with their neighbors

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

For presidents, July Fourth is a day to chill or strut or get an earful of red, white and boo

Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

Commentary: When Highland Park students faced another threat of gun violence, this is how they felt

Delayed by COVID-19 and the city’s July Fourth mass shooting, Highland Park High School’s FOCUS on the Arts biennial event almost didn’t happen. But facing a multiyear hiatus, the suburban Chicago school rallied, inviting creatives from across the country to teach workshops, as it’s done since 1964. Organizers asked me…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 17, 2023

Illinois parade shooting suspect makes brief return to courtroom for case update; 10,000 pages of reports have been shared

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Lake County prosecutors indicated the massive investigation into the July Fourth Highland Park parade shooting is still ongoing during a brief courtroom appearance Tuesday for alleged shooter Robert Crimo III.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2023

Highland Park Hospital doesn’t see many victims of gun violence. Then July Fourth happened. Here’s how the day unfolded

It was relatively quiet the morning of July Fourth at Highland Park Hospital.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 17, 2022

News briefs

Man accused of killing 7 people at July Fourth parade in Illinois pleads not guilty

Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022

‘A happy man’: Loved ones mourn Highland Park parade shooting victim Eduardo Uvaldo

Uvaldo, a father of four and grandfather of 16, was one of seven people shot and killed at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 9, 2022