Sean Salai and Sarah Cooley dance on the West Lawn of the US Capitol in anticipation of A Capital Fourth in Washington, DC on Independence Day, July 04, 2023. (Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)





Nadine Sailer, right, argues with demonstrations against Affirmative Action in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Demonstrators were pushed out of the area near the Supreme Court due to a suspicious bag. (Photo by Minh Connors/The Washington Post)





A person wears an outfit in the colours of the U.S. flag as supporters of former President Donald Trump arrive ahead his “Make America Great Again” rally in Pickens, South Carolina, U.S., July 1, 2023. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)





U.S. President Joe Biden leaves the Roosevelt Room with Education Secretary Miquel Cardona after speaking about their plans for continued student debt relief after a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt, at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2023. (Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters)





Delayed travelers wait for air traffic to resume at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 30, 2023. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)





The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid space telescope launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 1, 2023. Euclid blasted off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter. (Photo by Gregg Newton/AFP Photo)





Wildfire smoke clouds the skyline on June 28, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago area is under an air quality alert as smoke from Canadian wildfires has covered the city for a second straight day. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)





San Francisco Bay and Pacific Coast were stunned under a blanket of fog as seen from Mt Tamalpais State Park of Mill Valley in California, United States on July 2, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





The flags of Chicago Cubs' Hall of Fame players Ernie Banks (14) Ron Santo (10) and Ferguson Jenkins fly off the Wrigley Field left field foul pole as a veil of haze from Canadian wildfires shroud high rise buildings along Lake Michigan before a baseball game between the Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Chicago. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo)





Todd Gilliland, driver of the #38 gener8tor Skills Ford, and Ryan Preece, driver of the #41 Operating Engineers Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 220 at the Chicago Street Course on July 02, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)





U.S. Rep. George Santos, third from left, with his attorney Joseph Murray, second from left, depart federal court with security and journalists in tow, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Central Islip, N.Y. Santos returned to court Friday for the first time since pleading not guilty last month to charges that he duped donors, stole from his campaign, collected fraudulent unemployment benefits and lied to Congress about being a millionaire. (Photo by John Minchillo/AP Photo)





A 99.7 percent illuminated Buck Moon rises through a haze behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on July 2, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)





Former U.S. President Donald Trump dances on the day of his “Make America Great Again” rally in Pickens, South Carolina, U.S., July 1, 2023. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)





A mannequin explodes during a display of what can go wrong when launching fireworks from the body during an event held by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to demonstrate fireworks dangers and release statistics on fireworks-related deaths and injuries, on the National Mall June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. According to data from the CPSC, there were 11 reported fireworks-related deaths and over 10,000 fireworks-related injuries in 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)





Debris is scattered up in the air during a demonstration on the dangers of highly explosive fireworks if not used safely on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advised not to use this kind of fireworks. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)





Incoming plebes (freshmen) take part in their Oath of Office Ceremony during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 29, 2023 in Annapolis, Maryland. Approximately 1,200 midshipmen with the Naval Academy's Class of 2027 took part in Induction Day which is their first official day of Plebe Summer and their transition from civilians into fourth-class midshipmen. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)





Kids jump off the breakwater into the ocean ahead the Fourth of July holiday in Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S., July 3, 2023. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)





Reenactors fire cannons during the 160th reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, at Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on June 30, 2023. The Battle of Gettysburg, which is considered to be the bloodiest battle ever fought on US soil, occurred from July 1-July 3, 1863 during the US Civil War. Approximately 10,000 Union and Confederate troops were left dead, and another 30,000 wounded. Each year, the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association holds a reenactment on the weekend closest to the original battle, hosting living history demonstrations and military reenactments to help teach people the history of the Civil War battle. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP Photo)





4th of July fireworks go off at the White House in Washington, DC, July 4, 2022. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP Photo)





The waxing gibbous moon rises behind sculptures on top of support pylons at Bartle Hall convention center Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The buck moon will be full on Monday, July 3 and will be the first of four super moons to rise in 2023. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)