Trump Administration Tells Embassies That ‘Activist’ Flags Won’t Fly
In 2019, under the previous Trump administration, the State Department instructed missions that the rainbow flag may not be ...
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Flag rule is about bringing back American unity and national pride
The promised return of “common sense” to America will have lots of people squealing. Already there are people complaining that the most common-sensical things of all are somehow a problem. Take the ...
Why the flag rule brings back unity and lowers the campaign to divide us
It is amazing that the State Department’s “one flag” directive could be controversial. Even more amazing is how we got here ...
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Trump's 'One Flag Policy' bans Pride and Black Lives Matter flags from US government facilities
The sweeping order affects all US government buildings including those overseas and carries heavy repercussions for employees ...
American Flag Sitting Atop of the White House Lowered to Half-Staff Following Trump's Inauguration
According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the ...
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Service Members Are No Longer Banned from Displaying the American Flag Horizontally at Major Events
It might come as a surprise, but U.S. service members weren't technically allowed to unfurl giant U.S. flags at major events, ...
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Trump complains that flags will be half-staff to honor Jimmy Carter on Inauguration Day
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 ...
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Why South Korean protesters are using U.S. flags and a pro-Trump slogan
As investigators closed in on Yoon on Friday, attempting to detain him in relation to insurrection charges, his supporters waved American flags, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” and held signs ...
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Flags flying at half-staff across the country | Here's why
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 ...
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Why are Yoon’s supporters waving American flags?
As perplexing it may be to some, to many conservative supporters in South Korea, the American flag has long served as a powerful emblem of anti-communism and the country’s enduring alliance with ...
The Raw Story23d
'Nobody wants to see this!' Trump vents fury over flags being half-staff for inauguration
Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...
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Republican Allegedly Refusing To Lower Flags to Half-Staff Sparks Anger
A row has broken out in New York State's Nassau County after Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman allegedly ignored a request to lower American flags to half-staff on county buildings as a ...