The real threat to American prosperity
Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could ...
Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies
Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...
Did the American Flag Change in 2025? Why Some Think It Did
Rumors on social media have circulated about the flag listed on some government sites. Here's what you need to know.
Politifact5d
Flag on government websites not Trump’s nod to the Confederacy. It’s been used since 2017
The flag icon has been used on government sites since 2017, said a spokesperson for the General Services Association, which guides federal website standards. The flag had only nine stars because of ...
No, Trump admin didn't add 9-star US flag to government websites
A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
Connecticut Post17d
The technology that runs Congress lags so far behind the modern world that its flag-tracking system just caught up to 2017-era Pizza Hut
The nation spends about US$10 million a year on technology innovation in the House of Representatives – the institution that declares war ... flag-tracking-system-just-caught-up-to-2017-era ...
The Independent18d
‘One flag policy’: Trump admin tells US embassies they can’t fly the Pride, BLM flags
At such a critical moment in US history ... The only exceptions are the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action emblem and the Wrongful Detainees Flag. The former senator was confirmed 99-0 by the ...
Newsweek18d
Donald Trump Bans Pride Flags at US Embassies: Report
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 ... at Lambda Legal, an American civil rights organization ...
New York Post18d
Trump rules only the Stars and Stripes will be flown at State Department buildings around the world
WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again ... facilities may still fly the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag and the Wrongful Detainees flag. State Department ...
Fox News18d
State Department blocks pride, BLM flags from embassies, outposts with 'one flag policy'
which permits only the American flag to be flown at U.S. facilities at home and abroad, with two notable exceptions: the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem and the Wrongful ...
Florida Today19d
President Trump: "American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars"
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 ...
People19d
American Flag Sitting Atop of the White House Lowered to Half-Staff Following Trump's Inauguration
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 ...