The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...

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Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has ordered the U.S. and state flags in Mississippi be flown at full height on Monday during the inauguration of President Donald Trump. "This is a historic day for ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will raise American flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during President-elect Trump’s inauguration, according to his office.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

GOP governors of at least eight states ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on President-elect Trump’s Inauguration Day, bucking tradition by raising flags before the end of a customary 30 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana, speaks during a ceremony as the flag-draped casket of former ...

Photo: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol to fly at full-staff during Donald Trump’s inauguration after the president-elect complained about ...

Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden issued an order to fly American flags at half-staff for 30 days. But those 30 days include Inauguration Day, when ...