Trump hijacks America's 250th anniversary with conservative cash grab

Two competing organizations are battling for control of America's 250th anniversary celebrations, with the Donald Trump-backed Freedom 250 raising serious corruption concerns by offering presidential access to $1 million donors while commingling taxpayer funds with private money.

America250, the congressionally mandated bipartisan commission established a decade ago, has dutifully overseen traditional anniversary programming, but it has been systematically sidelined by Freedom 250, a White...