For example, one Snopes reader's email read, "Has the American flag on usa.gov website been changed to have 9 stars instead of 50?" Another reader inquired if the flag appeared after Trump took ...

However, a closer examination of the claims and recent fact-checks prove no official modifications have been made to the American flag. "The flag with the nine stars was one version of the ...

Matthew Calbraith Perry plans to visit a far-flung island south of Tokyo where his famed namesake ancestor gave a 31-star U.S. flag to an American immigrant some 170 years ago. The 80-year-old ...

Early in his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration replaced the standard 50-star U.S. flag with a nine-star flag on government websites. Rating: A rumor circulating online in early ...