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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 ...

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 ...

From a worker at a construction site being killed after rolling a water truck in north Phoenix, to controversy over a nine-year-old getting an American flag tattoo, here are this week's stories ...

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 ...

Only the U.S. president, a state governor or the mayor of Washington, D.C. can order flags to fly at half-staff. Download USA TODAY's app to get to the heart of news Coast Guard finds missing ...

You can get in touch with Marni by emailing [email protected]. The American flag will be flown at full staff on January 20 as as Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United ...

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 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered all flags in the State of New York to be raised to full-staff for Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th US president. Flags are currently flying at half-staff ...