It might come as a surprise, but U.S. service members weren't technically allowed to unfurl giant U.S. flags at major events, despite the practice's status as a staple of many pregame ceremonies.

The flag flies at half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter at the White House, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Carter, who was 100 years old, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Manuel ...

AUSTIN, Tx. — Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags to be raised to full staff next Monday at the Texas Capitol and all state government office buildings in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honor ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has done an about face after seemingly refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late ...

By Clarissa-Jan Lim President-elect Donald Trump railed against the order for American flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, complaining that they will be in ...

MANILA, Phiippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday reiterated its pledge of loyalty to flag and country amid speculations of a rift within its ranks following a presidential ...

It will culminate in a national funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In the wake of former President Jimmy Carter's death, President Joe Biden ordered all American flags be flown ...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump said on Jan 3 that “no American can be happy” that flags will be at half-mast when he is inaugurated in January, claiming Democrats were delighted about the downbeat ...

The president-elect claimed it will mark the first-ever such occurrence, but U.S. flags previously flew at half-staff during Richard Nixon's 1973 inauguration Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter ...