Votes are being tallied in the Illinois flag contest, but the current flag has its fans and lawmakers could decide to keep it ...

The U.S. flag code says American flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire distress,” but free speech protections prevent prosecution.

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American flags and a pride flag hang from the White House during a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. American flags and a pride flag hang from the ...

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 administration of President Joe Biden reversed Trump’s ban on rainbow flags at embassies. Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken told American embassies and diplomatic missions that ...

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again consider ...

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 ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

Inside the enclosure, one of the orangutans was holding a small stick. Every time the children ... You Die Elon Musk promises to plant an American flag on Mars 'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim ...

By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday, President Donald J. Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars. Seated nearby, Elon Musk, a political benefactor of Mr ...

because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can ...