Winter’s most potent Arctic blast yet is about to unleash dangerously low temperatures that will be the coldest to hit the United States in a year. Before the frigid air arrives, a short-lived ...

The text of Biden’s executive order says it’s for flags “at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds … of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout ...

Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years. The creature ...

The 30-day mourning period for a deceased president is a federal mandate outlined in the U.S. flag code. For former President Jimmy Carter, this means flags will remain at half-staff until at ...

Eisenhower in 1954, flags are to be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the federal government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — The Douglas County School District is under federal investigation stemming from multiple complaints over several years. Complaints over the years were centered on ...

After the death of a former president, federal statutes typically mandate that flags be flown at half-staff ... congressional district, territory or commonwealth of these officials.

Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, introduced legislation to add a third Idaho federal district court judge. Simpson’s office announced Thursday he introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to ...

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott flouted federal orders Monday and announced that flags in the Lone Star State will be flown at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.

Federal guidelines typically require flags to be lowered to half-staff for 30 days upon the death of a former president, but some states like Oklahoma have already moved past the mourning period ...