Are America's founding principles being challenged?

Today marks the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. As the United States celebrates this founding moment, ABC News Australia examines a more complex question: whether America's founding principles are being honored or increasingly challenged. The Declaration promised life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The anniversary becomes an occasion to reflect on whether those ideals remain central to how the nation operates today, or whether the gap between founding principles and current reality has widened.

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