When you’re raised in an authoritarian Christian community you can never quite comfortably fit into, you learn early on about the ambiguity of language. Words like “love,” for example, mean very ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has joined a growing list of leaders calling for American flags to be raised for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 20.

With less than a week until Inauguration Day, President-elect Trump got his wish for flags to be raised next Monday. American flags on public and government buildings are supposed to be flying at ...

He has made it a partisan issue in recent weeks despite the order being part of the U.S. Flag Code. "The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half ...

Trump returning to office and bringing faith back to the forefront of America,” said a video posted by country musician Lee Greenwood advertising a special inauguration edition of the God Bless ...

Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden issued an order to fly American flags at half-staff for 30 days. But those 30 days include Inauguration Day, when ...

"It represents a season of new hope and limitless potential for America's future. "In light of the importance of this day, and on this patriotic occasion, I hereby order all flags to be raised to ...

By Robert Jimison Reporting from the Capitol Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday announced that American flags at the Capitol would be temporarily raised on Monday for President-elect Donald J.

U.S. flags on the National Mall fly at half-staff at daybreak on Dec. 30 with the U.S. Capitol in the background in honor of the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. Photo: J. David Ake/Getty ...

American flags at President-elect Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate have been raised to full-staff before the end of the 30-day mourning period for former President Carter.

(Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags.) Matthew Ward is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He notes that the American flag is ...