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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 ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

There seems to be a “deliberate and calculated move to map out” the Philippines by a “foreign power,” according to Philippine Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Adm.

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The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear. By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday ...

As the map shows, much of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties are crowded with red flag warning areas, which signals the potential for critical fire danger. "Any new fire can grow rapidly," the ...

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 ...

After some controversy over whether flags should fly at full-staff on Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on the topic Monday. In one of his first actions as ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz has ordered flags in Minnesota be raised to full staff following an executive order by President Trump. Flags were at half-staff across much of the country Monday ...

It’s so cold in Washington, D.C., politicians are going to need to heat up their speeches for the Inauguration But that isn’t the only way the cold temperatures have affected the Jan. 20 ...