Today's five.

A new poll found that nearly half of Americans don't know what the 250th anniversary is actually marking, which is either alarming or extremely on-brand, depending on how long you've lived here. The country is celebrating anyway — parades, national parks, fireworks in every time zone. Bloomberg found a different angle: two rival government organizations spent the last decade fighting over who gets to plan the party, with funding battles and cronyism allegations along for the ride. NPR fanned out to small towns and found the reflections as varied as the zip codes. Happy 250th. The Declaration still exists.

Millions flooded Tehran to mourn a man who died in an airstrike months ago, which means Iran has been sitting on a state funeral this entire time. Khamenei's casket was displayed at the Grand Mosalla Saturday, mourners beating their chests and chanting "revenge" while billboards carried his image across the capital. The government is hoping the scenes mirror Khomeini's 1989 burial — the last time a Supreme Leader's death briefly unified the country. The timing isn't accidental: Iran is mid-negotiation with the U.S. over ending the war, and a million people in the streets is its own kind of argument.

Mt. Olive Pickle Co. pulled out of the Great American State Fair over Confederate flags on display, which is a sentence that somehow captures everything about this moment in American history. The company cited "values of human dignity, opportunity, and freedom" — the kind of statement that gets written when someone in marketing finally has enough. The fair itself was also shut down for the afternoon when temperatures hit 102 degrees with a heat index above 110, sending at least one attendee to the ground before the closure. Trump had billed it as "the most unforgettable birthday party any country has ever seen." He wasn't wrong, technically.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married Friday night at Madison Square Garden — a custom-built fairytale castle inside an arena that usually smells like hot dogs and playoff anxiety. The ceremony was officiated by Adam Sandler. Austin Swift was Man of Honor. Jason Kelce was Best Man. Both wore Christian Dior Haute Couture. The LA Times noted Manhattan was 100 degrees and about to celebrate 250 years of independence; the city apparently had other priorities. Their engagement post got 14 million likes in its first hour. The guest list for the actual ceremony was rumored at 1,000.

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