But executive order No. 5, the first non-appointment related order, declares the flags be flown at full mast for the remainder of Monday and any future inauguration days. Trump ordered this after ...

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On Inauguration Day 2025, some flags will remain at half-staff in honor of deceased former President Jimmy Carter, while others will be raised to full-staff for incoming President Donald Trump.

Gavin Newsom is the most prominent Democratic governor directing that American flags in his state fly full-staff for Donald Trump’s second Inauguration Day, in what could be an attempt to cool ...

MARYLAND (DC News Now) — Maryland Governor Wes Moore issued a flag order Thursday to honor the life of Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins who died in the line of duty on Jan. 11. Higgins was a ...

Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be flown at full-staff when Trump is sworn in for the second time. Trump had previously been exasperated by the idea that flags would be flown at half-staff in ...

Governor Wes Moore has directed that the Maryland flag be lowered to half-staff immediately. This honors Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former ...

American service members can once again display the U.S. flag horizontally at sporting events and other official ceremonies, the Pentagon said in a memo that reverses restrictions enacted two ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be raised to full-staff next Monday, Jan. 20, to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The move ...

Languages: English. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson posted on social media that the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff on Inauguration Day, despite the order for them to be ...