NPR News: 07-05-2026 10AM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump used the nation's two hundred fiftieth birthday celebration to deliver a speech that was part history lesson, part political rally. NPR's Marie Andrusewicz reports Trump mixed patriotic tributes with political messaging during a forty-minute speech on the National Mall last night.

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Amidst a display of historically significant US flags, Trump welcomed and celebrated veterans, name-checked noteworthy Americans from Teddy Roosevelt to Annie Oakley, and shared his ambitions for the space program. But while the speech was mostly patriotic in tone, Trump also took the opportunity to promote his legislative agenda.

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America is back, and we wanna keep America great, and we will do so by approving the Save America Act, which means all voters must show voter ID.

Marie Andrusewicz0:55

The bill would also limit mail-in voting. Several lawmakers in Trump's own party oppose the legislation. Marie Andrusewicz, NPR News, Washington.

Windsor Johnston· Host1:04

The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the US could begin within days. The summit follows the end of a nearly week-long funeral for Iran's former supreme leader, who was killed by US and Israeli airstrikes in February. Sanam Vakil is director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House in London. She says any new agreement will have to address not