On Tuesday, the National Weather Service extended its red flag warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties until Thursday evening. That warning was initially scheduled to expire at 10 p.m ...

The order outlines that, aside from the stars and stripes, the only flags which are permitted to fly are the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action, officially recognized as a national symbol by ...

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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 ...

Trump expressed his preference for flags being fully raised during such significant events. Flags are lowered during national mourning, after government leaders' deaths, or for remembrance days. The U ...

When the National Galleries of Scotland ranked second only to the Sydney Opera House among cultural institutions surveyed for a study on environmental sustainability progress published by the ...

such as the White House and national parks. Flags on federal property, including the White House and U.S. Capitol will return to half-staff in honor of Carter. The Associated Press contributed to ...

WASHINGTON — Very shortly after being sworn into his second presidential term, President Donald Trump signed an order to ensure flags on federal government grounds will fly at full-staff on ...

But executive order No. 5, the first non-appointment related order, declares the flags be flown at full mast for the remainder of Monday and any future inauguration days. Trump ordered this after ...

(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 ...

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