Freedom 250: What to know about the Independence Day celebrations with Trump in the spotlight
Presidential rallies, a 16-day fair, military parades, and record-breaking fireworks displays will mark the anniversary
Presidential rallies, a 16-day fair, military parades, and record-breaking fireworks displays will mark the anniversary

The regional Mexican band, set to launch a US tour next month, speaks to EL PAÍS about concerns over immigration raids affecting Latino communities in their home country

The mayor risks part of his political capital by backing three left-wing candidates for Congress, while polls give Jack Schlossberg little chance

Bent on rewriting the country’s reality, the US president is staging a state fair and a rally to celebrate the Declaration of Independence, in what is shaping up to be a grand celebration of himself

A woman accused him of assaulting a child without proof. This single testimony led to the Mexican man’s detention and transfer to immigration authorities, who held him for two months

Conservative leaders across Latin America also celebrated the results of the presidential election, which gives a razor-thin advantage to the self-styled outsider

The far-right contender Abelardo de la Espriella leads going into election day, while the leftist candidate Iván Cepeda is relying on a late surge

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s decision to run in majority-Black District 20 after the disappearance of her former seat has ignited a debate among Democrats over racial representation

This date should prompt us to think about the children whose migrant parents will be missing from the family table this year — not because of death or any other unavoidable circumstance, but because the government separated them from their families

Hormone therapies promise to increase muscle mass and sex drive, while bringing down depression. But because of advertising claims and ideological elements, this means that only a minority of men who inject themselves do so for medical reasons

Protests in Albania have put the spotlight on the megaprojects Jared Kushner is promoting in the country, but the US president’s family has racked up investments and controversies elsewhere on the continent

The Trump administration will sell or transfer seven of the 11 properties it acquired to expand detention capacity, following lawsuits, investigations, and local opposition

Dinorah Figuera, who was president of the parallel opposition National Assembly of 2015, returns to Caracas from her exile in Spain to meet with Chavista leaders and the U.S. envoy

The Iran deal reinforces a pattern already seen in the appeasement of China or the backpedaling on Greenland. Verbal bluster cannot conceal the multiple reversals

Vice President JD Vance had been scheduled to attend the negotiation at the Bürgenstock Resort on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Swiss officials said ‘preparatory work’ is underway despite the new delay

Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist like the mayor of New York, emerges as a mayoral candidate in the US capital amid threats of interference from Trump

Continental allies negotiate how to replace key military capabilities —such as fighters, ships and tanker aircraft— that Washington will stop making available to the Atlantic Alliance

The president spent weeks boasting about the no-bid contracts awarded to two companies for $14.2 million, only to have the water turn green in a matter of days

The U.S. president blocks confirmation of his own nominee Jay Clayton as director of intelligence to pressure the Senate to approve his bill, which requires proof of citizenship to vote

A group of congressmembers has sent a letter to senior US officials expressing ‘grave concern about the brazen interference’ in another country’s presidential election. The letter also underscores Espriella’s ties to a paramilitary group and questions the origin of his properties in Florida

The FBI has arrested five people accused of plotting to attack attendees with drones and use snipers to shoot ‘high-value targets’ as they fled

The prosecution maintains that the defendants coordinated actions to obstruct immigration operations, while the defense alleges political persecution and questions the strength of the evidence

It is important to resist the temptation to think that the deal between the United States and Iran is the end of the conflict. Its most intricate element is the sanctions and how to lift them

Civil rights organizations warn that visa problems for players and officials and fans’ fears of possible stadium raids are hurting the tournament experience

The new head of the financial institution will chair his first meeting to decide the path of interest rates. He is also expected to change the Fed’s narrative and communications

Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George emerges as the favorite to win Washington’s mayoral race amid presidential threats of intervention

The French head of state, who will receive his U.S. counterpart at Versailles on Wednesday, has patiently borne and dodged his attacks so as not to break ties with a key ally: ‘I am pragmatic, not vindictive’