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Languages: English. You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] President Trump's State Department has enacted a "one flag policy," banning U.S. embassies and overseas ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's Asia team is taking shape, with a mixture of donors, military veterans and congressional staffers -- but not career diplomats -- assuming key positions ...

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Utah are currently at Full Staff. Jan. 15, 2025 – Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has issued an order for the flags of the United States ...

According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear. By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday ...

(NEXSTAR) — Flags across the U.S. are meant to be at half-staff for another eight days, but they were at full staff in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Why was the nation’s capital in defiance of a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson did Trump a favor on Jan. 20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan ...

To mark the death of former president Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden declared flags be displayed at half-staff for 30 days to mourn him “as an expression of public sorrow.” That 30-day ...

The live blog for Inauguration Day can be found here. President-elect Donald Trump will take office on Monday, and will do so with flags at full-staff above the United States Capitol. Trump will ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state and United States flags will be raised to full-staff Monday, Jan. 20, before being lowered back to half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter.