President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office on Jan.

Pete Hegseth is set to take the hot seat before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday in a hearing that is sure to break out into fireworks.

Flags across the country will be lowered to half-staff until late next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100. According to U.S. flag code, flags must be ...

In President Joe Biden’s proclamation about the death of Carter, he directed that flags be flown at half-staff “as an ...

Two more victims from the New Orleans terror attack have been named. Meanwhile, the FBI have released new images of the ...

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A group called the “Gold Star Living History Detachment” tries to add more life to the exhibits at the Iowa Gold Star Museum ...

So, the reason the American flag is backward on a military uniform is that it isn't backward — it's flying exactly how it would were it carried into battle, and because the U.S. military doesn't ...