(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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Gavin Newsom is the most prominent Democratic governor directing that American flags in his state fly full-staff for Donald Trump’s second Inauguration Day, in what could be an attempt to cool ...

have you noticed the flags waving — or attempting to — at Jackson City Hall? The American and Jackson flags at the top of City Hall's flagpole have surely seen better days. The tattered ...

Several more states have confirmed flags will be raised on Inauguration Day, despite the mourning period following former President Jimmy Carter's death. After the death of a former president ...

It wasn't just presnap penalties that became an issue. The Cowboys were third in penalties (7.5 per game) this year, third (6.7) in 2023, 10th in 2022 (5.9), No. 1 in the league in 2021 (7.8) and ...

Create Account Now China, which has plans to put its own astronauts on the moon in the near future, is planning to one-up its American counterparts with a flag that will actually flutter and wave.

Photo: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol to fly at full-staff during Donald Trump’s inauguration after the president-elect complained about ...

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will fly at full-staff during President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week. "On January 20th ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be raised to full-staff next Monday, Jan. 20, to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The move ...

Languages: English. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson posted on social media that the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff on Inauguration Day, despite the order for them to be ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that flags will fly at full-staff at the Capitol on the day of President-elect Trump’s inauguration and then will be lowered back to half-staff to honor ...