resident Trump wows world with Salute to America speech in stormy DC, colossal fireworks follow; Historians ask: 'Did George Washington convert to Catholicism on his deathbed?'; Pope Leo marks Fourth of July with historic visit to US ambassador's residence in Rome; Mamdani trashes US in speech on 250th anniversary, Elon Musk pushes back, Bp. Barron calls it 'appalling'; Federalist contributor argues Democratic socialists weaponize envy to destroy American families; Victor Davis Hanson blames America's turn toward Marxism on higher education; Pope Leo prays for victims of Venezuela earthquake; Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Maria Goretti; and more —