News

DOD posted graphic with Russian flag on Flag Day?
In mid-June 2025, a rumor spread on social media claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense ( DOD) shared a Flag Day post on X featuring two Russian flags. Flag Day, celebrated annually on June 14, ...
AlterNet on MSN2h
'Pretty jarring': Flag 'synonymous with Christian nationalism' flies above gov't building
A controversial flag associated with far-right causes was recently seen prominently displayed on a federal building, ...
National Geographic news1d
U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds
“The United States has some of the most beautiful beaches and oceans in the world, and the coastlines are incredible,” President Trump says in enlarged type on the plan’s first page.
The Associated Press1d
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first
The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants ...
ABC4 Utah on MSN3d
Flag Day: An inside look at how American flags are created
Americans will celebrate Flag Day on Saturday, marking the anniversary of Congress adopting the design of the U.S. flag. At ...
The Washington Post3d
Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong.
History is the polemics of the victor, William F. Buckley once said. Not so in the United States, at least not regarding the Civil War. As soon as the Confederates laid down their arms ...
Human Rights Watch4d
United States
In June, in Trump v. United States, justices ruled that former President Donald Trump could not be criminally indicted for at least some of his actions trying to overturn the results of the 2020 ...