The policy, which the VA said was to establish direction across the department and among all employees, specifically prohibits the flying of the gay pride rainbow flag.

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The Trump administration has introduced a new “One Flag Policy,” requiring all State Department buildings to fly only the American flag. This rule applies to U.S. State Department facilities both ...

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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 ...

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 ...

because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast. Nobody wants to see this, and no American can ...

American flags will fly at full height at the United States Capitol and across Texas in recognition of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Last week, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

Some governors, both Republican and Democratic, have decided to fly public flags at full-staff to honor Inauguration Day. “Regardless of your political views, the American tradition of the ...

You can get in touch with Marni by emailing [email protected]. The American flag will be flown at full staff on January 20 as as Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United ...

During his inaugural address, Donald Trump said the United States would consider itself a growing nation under his presidency and he would bring the nation's flag ... on to say American astronauts ...