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 ...

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 ...

Maci Joncich (JOHN-sitch) made history last summer when she became the youngest player to make the U.S. National Women’s Flag Football Team at age 17, helping the U.S. capture its third straight world ...

The American flag would "for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast," said Trump. "Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.

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 ...

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 ...

The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter,” Johnson said. American flags on public and government buildings are supposed to be ...

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 ...

Carter was the 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. U.S. Code specifies that flags should fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a former president.

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 announced on ...