Day: July 4, 2023

California Reparations Task Force calls for eliminating child support debt for Black residents

7:46 am July 4, 2023

The California Reparations Task Force is asking the Democrat-controlled state legislature to eliminate interest on past-due child support, as well as any back child support debt for Black residents of the state. In its final report released last week, the group claimed “discriminatory” laws “have torn African American families apart,” and that one effect of […]

Texas DPS recovered four bodies, including infant, from Rio Grande in Eagle Pass in 48 hours: spokesman

6:45 am July 4, 2023

Texas authorities have recovered four bodies, including an infant, from the Rio Grande near the United States-Mexico border since the start of July, officials said. Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety, said two of the bodies were pulled from the river on July 1, one on July 2 and […]

‘IT MEANS FREEDOM’: Americans share what the Fourth of July means to them

6:00 am July 4, 2023

Ahead of July Fourth, visitors to the nation’s capital shared what it means to be an American as they passed the Washington monument, honoring one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. “To me, it means freedom,” Rosemary, of Colorado, told Fox News. WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DIGITAL ORIGINALS HERE Every Fourth of July, Americans come together […]

On July Fourth, this former SEAL wants you to remember what the real price of freedom is

6:00 am July 4, 2023

My friend Thomas Drago Dzieran was born in Communist Poland. He, his mother, and his siblings survived a hungry, cold, and fearful existence, living under that oppressive, authoritarian regime. As he grew older, he rebelled against this draconian way of life and was eventually imprisoned for speaking out against socialist oppression and questioning how he […]

On this day in history, July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy opens at West Point

4:02 am July 4, 2023

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is an academy of higher education in which commissioned officers are trained as leaders for the United States Army. And on this day in history, July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy first opened in West Point, New York. Typically, 1,200 prospective cadets are admitted each year, according […]