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WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The Washington Free Beacon first reported that it obtained a copy of the "One Flag Policy" order, which permits only the American flag to be flown at U.S. facilities at home and abroad ...

Michael M. Santiago/Getty; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty “The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump ...

There are specific holidays and events for which flags are flown at half-staff in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. They include: Memorial Day ...

There are specific holidays and events for which flags are flown at half-staff in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. They include: Memorial Day, when the ...

But anyone expecting flags at the Capitol to be flying at half mast following the death of former US president Jimmy Carter would have been mistaken. Here's why. Why were the flags set to fly at half ...

The move follows Donald Trump, on taking office as president, issuing an order that “on this and all future Inauguration Days, the flag of the United States shall be flown at full-staff.’’ ...

American flags will fly at full height at the United States Capitol and across Texas in recognition of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Last week, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

During his inaugural address, Donald Trump said the United States would consider itself a growing nation under his presidency and he would bring the nation's flag "into new and beautiful horizons." ...

American flags are back to full-staff at the U.S. Capitol in honor of Donald Trump's inauguration, breaking from the U.S. flag code's guidelines for mourning a president. Immediately after President ...