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Flags are set to fly at half-staff until next week: Why they were at full-staff on Monday?

Video above: Carrie Underwood sings a cappella during President Donald Trump's inauguration after apparent technical issues. (NEXSTAR) — Flags across the country are scheduled to be lowered to half-staff for eight more days, but full flags were flown in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Why didn't the nation's capital follow an executive order issued in honor […]

How long will flags fly at half-staff for Jimmy Carter?

(NEXSTAR) – Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died “peacefully” at his home in Georgia on Sunday, the Carter Center confirmed. He was 100 years old. Carter, America's longest-living president, underwent a series of brief hospitalizations before entering hospice care in February 2023. He “decided to spend the remainder of his time […]

VA Gov. Orders Flags ‘Flown at Half-Staff’ to Honor Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Virginia's Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, ordered flags to be “flown at half-staff” in memory of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg Pollin, 23, who was one of six bodies found in a tunnel beneath Gaza. In the press release: issued On Sunday, Governor Youngkin announced that he was ordering flags flown at half-staff “in memory and in […]