With less than a week until Inauguration Day, President-elect Trump got his wish for flags to be raised next Monday. In a proclamation issued Dec. 29, President Joe Biden ordered flags across the ...

With the inauguration on Jan. 20 ... The hiatus only lasted a day, and flags went back to half-staff thereafter for eight days. Flags had also been at half-staff when Nixon was sworn in for ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson had ordered flags raised at the U.S. Capitol, where the swearing-in ceremony took place. "In honor of Inauguration Day and everything good and noble that it represents ...

However, one detail about Inauguration Day has been causing debate among Congress and state leaders, and that is whether the American flag will be raised. According to the U.S. Flag Code ...

Also on Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot ordered American flags in the Lone Star State to be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day in accordance with federal statute, which states that the U.S ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has ordered American flags in the Lone Star State to be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. It was unclear if ...

North Carolina has joined some other states that will raise flags to full staff on President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, despite the traditional mourning period following a former ...

The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or former presidents to cover flags at federal government buildings and their ...