Disney Marks America's 250th Birthday With 24-Hour Celebration Coverage

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America turned 250 years old, and Disney marked the occasion with a full 24 hours of celebratory programming, with ABC News anchor Sophie Flay walking viewers through the standout moments. The milestone birthday drew broad national attention, with festivities unfolding across the country to mark the semiquincentennial. Disney's round-the-clock coverage captured parades, performances, and patriotic pageantry as the country paused to take stock of two and a half centuries of history. Meanwhile, on the legislative front, House Speaker Mike Johnson used the holiday weekend to signal that the so-called SAVE America Act remains at the top of his agenda, telling Fox News Sunday that he intends to find a path to pass it and potentially send a second reconciliation bill to the Senate. The juxtaposition was vintage American politics: fireworks and fanfare on one channel, budget strategy on another. Johnson did not offer a specific timeline for the reconciliation push, but his confidence about finding a way through suggests the White House and House leadership remain aligned on the legislative calendar. For now, the bigger story on the national mood was the birthday itself, a 250-year marker that drew celebration from corner of the country to corner.