In 2025, Americans saw the Stars and Stripes symbolically lowered to half-staff several times as a sign of mourning. This ...

Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New ...

The White House has denied violating the U.S. Flag Code, just months after Trump called for harsh punishment of flag-burning protestors MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty President Donald Trump walked past an ...

As a veteran, I have witnessed again and again our flag being desecrated and burned overseas and even now in America. Much blood has been spilled to keep that flag flying, and I want to share what it ...

Flags at the White House are lowered to half-staff today following the Nov. 3 death of former Vice President Dick Cheney. President Donald Trump has yet to release a statement on the passing of Cheney ...

Six Flags America will close its doors this November after facing declining attendance, aging infrastructure, CEO turnover and a mountain of debt in recent years. Amusement parks across the country ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The first protester I noticed as I approached the No Kings rally Saturday was dressed ...

Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio) said Thursday that the swastika inside of an American flag pictured in his office this week was “indistinguishable from an ordinary American flag to the naked eye,” and that ...

In mid-October 2025, social media posts claimed an American flag bearing a swastika appeared in the office of Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Taylor of Ohio. A photo included in the posts appeared to show ...