Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest countries beset with rocky relations with its larger neighbour Serbia, holds parliamentary ...

The public, Manchester United officials and club greats gathered at Old Trafford today to remember the lives lost in the ...

The United States' First Lady worked as an aspiring model prior to wedding Republican president Donald Trump in 2005 ...

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WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas ... unless that day is also Armed Forces Day. Patriot Day. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

House Speaker Mike Johnson did Trump a favor on Jan. 20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan ...

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To mark the death of former president Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden declared flags be displayed at half-staff for 30 days to mourn him “as an expression of public sorrow.” That 30-day ...

as Biden’s order applies only to flags on federal property, such as the White House and at national parks. Here's a state-by-state look of plans to raise flags to full-staff on Jan. 20 for Trump ...