Diana Harshbarger is leading a bill to codify a policy that only the U.S. flag can fly over public buildings and ban pride ...

The decision on establishing a specially-designated prison at the US naval base was made by the Pentagon under the 43rd US President, George W. Bush, to detain people during the US war on terror in Af ...

Trump administration officials are rapidly moving forward with President Trump’s directive to turn Guantánamo Bay into a ...

Tuesday is the last day flags will be at half-staff in New Jersey to mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter. Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died in Plains, Georgia on ...

as an expression of public sorrow, do hereby direct that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts ...

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.

"Representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half‑staff over their embassies, legations, consular offices ...

In one of his first actions as the 47th president of the United States ... The U.S. Flag Code states that flags must be flown at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a former president.

Flags around Iowa, along with other parts of the country, are back at half-staff starting on Tuesday. Gov. Kim Reynolds joined other Republican governors in ordering flags to be raised for ...

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 ...