- Quoted in Louis Jacobson, "America's 250th anniversary compared with its 200th: Measuring the mood in 1976 and now," Politifact, June 15, 2026
- Featured Guest, "America's Birthday Blues," Today, Explained podcast, Vox Media, June 9, 2026
- Quoted in Cleve R. Wootson, Jr. "America's 250th birthday celebration increasingly centers on Trump," Washington Post, June 3, 2026
- Cited in Matt Welch, "The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too," Reason, June 1, 2026.
- Quoted in Anna Diamond, "A Summer Travel Checklist for America's 250th Birthday," New York Times, May 21, 2026
- Cited in Jennifer Schuessler, "How a Radical Historian Saved the Schlock of '76," New York Times, May 1, 2026
- Quoted in Jennifer Schuessler, "America Is Anxious About Its 250th Birthday. So Are Historians," New York Times, April 21, 2026
- Featured in Jill Lepore, "Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial," New Yorker, March 2, 2026
- Quoted in Kenneth P. Vogel et al, "For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump," New York Times, January 8, 2026
- Quoted in Karissa Waddick, "A yearlong birthday party. Inside America's 250th anniversary plans," USAToday, January 14, 2026
- Quoted in Karissa Waddick, "Trump launches Freedom 250 to add his mark on USA 250 celebrations," USAToday, December 19, 2025
- Interviewed for Pressure (feature-length documentary on Trump in Washington) ARTE (Dir. Tim Boehme, French/German Public TV), April, 2025
- Quoted in Anders Tornsø Jørgensen, "The U.S. is turning 250 soon — and Trump has big plans," (trans) Politiken (Denmark), October 2, 2025
- Quoted in Rob Copeland, "Michael Milken's Curious Temple to the American Dream," New York Times, September 27, 2025
- Featured in Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, "Will Trump's brand of politics crash America's 250th Birthday Party?," CNN, September 6, 2025
- Quoted in Natalia Cabrera, "Trump threatens the Smithsonian: Who tells the story and how?" France24, September 4, 2025
- Quoted in Nicolas Chapuis, "In Washington, Donald Trump attacks culture to promote his vision of America," Le Monde (France), August 14, 2025
- Quoted in Iker Seisdedos, "This is how Trump plans to rewrite American history in time for the 250th anniversary," El Pais (Spain), July 24, 2025
- Quoted in Natalia Cabrera, "Trump's Attempt to Remake America Turns 100," France24, April 26, 2025
- Interviewed by David Whettstone, "We The People" broadcast, stream, and podcast, WPFW 89.3, April 16, 2025
- Quoted in Eric Spitznagel, "Get Ready: It's the 250th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War," New York Post, April 6, 2025
- Quoted in Kriston Capps, "Trump Promises Could Have Seismic Impact on Washington Economy," Bloomberg, November 29, 2024
- Quoted in Maura Judkis, "With Trump Returning, D.C. Is Dazed And Dismayed By Déjà Vu," Washington Post, November 14, 2024
- Interviewed by Ashonti Ford, Gray Television, October 25, 2024
- Featured in Livia Gershon, "The Countercultural History of Living Museums," JSTOR Daily, January 10, 2024
- Featured in Jennifer Schuessler, "Will America Be Ready for its 250th Birthday?," New York Times, July 3, 2023
- Featured in Hans Ziegler, "For America's 250th Birthday, Let's Think Local," American Heritage 68:4 (Summer, 2023)
- Featured Historian, D.B. Cooper, Where Are You? (Dir. Marina Zenovich, Netflix, 2022), 3 episodes
- Featured in Julio Capo, Jr., "From 'Oregon Trail' to 'Uncharted,' Video Games Make History Fun," Washington Post, August 5, 2022
- Featured in John G. Marks, "The 250th Birthday of the U.S. Is Just a Few Years Away. Get Ready for Controversy," Time, March 21, 2022
- Quoted in John Kelly, "The Pandemic Isn't Stopping D.C.'s Annual History Conference," Washington Post, November 11, 2020
- Quoted in Joe Heim, "A New Fellowship to Explore the White House's History of Slavery," Washington Post, October 12, 2020
- Featured in Andy Golder, "There's A Shirtless, Sexy Abe Lincoln Statue And I Can't Believe It's Real," Buzzfeed, May 4, 2018, online
- Quoted in Adrienne Gaffney, "What Curators Are Looking For in Women's March Signs," Architectural Digest, January 31, 2017, online
- "History Comes Alive," interview, New Books Network podcast, 2018