No one disputes that President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is big – hundreds of pages of significant tax and spending measures. But it’s far from beautiful.

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

There’s a lot to celebrate this Independence Day, as we mark the 249th anniversary of our national divorce from Great Britain and the abuses of King George III.