The U.S. State Department’s “One Flag Policy” mandates that only the American flag — except for specific instances, such as the POW/MIA flag — be flown at U.S. embassies around the world.

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 ...

A Russian man who sought asylum in the U.S. three years ago sparked global praise for rescuing an American flag from a burning home during the California wildfires. Sultan Ramazanov was driving ...

It was the day when JD Vance, appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience, said that he wouldn’t be surprised if he and Trump won the “normal gay guy” vote. “They just wanted to be left the hell alone,” ...

20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan/Getty American flags are back to full-staff at the U ...

Fashion was front and center at Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration. With first lady Melania Trump, former first lady Jill Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris in attendance, ...

(U.S. Air Force/Ashley Richards) Viewers at home and in stadiums nationwide have become accustomed to the sight of U.S. troops holding up the American flag, especially during the NFL's recurring ...

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 ...

On his platform TruthSocial, Trump said, “The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration.” He also incorrectly claimed that ...

Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those periods, too. House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

(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 ...