The upside-down flag, once a signal of distress for sailors, has been used as a form of protest for several decades. Before the 2024 presidential election, the upside-down flag had also come to ...

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President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again consider ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear. By Kenneth Chang During his Inaugural Address on Monday ...

The correctional services portfolio committee has flagged the issue of overcrowding in prisons, including the high number of foreign national inmates and state patients at the country’s jails ...

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WASHINGTON — Very shortly after being sworn into his second presidential term, President Donald Trump signed an order to ensure flags on federal government grounds will fly at full-staff on ...

WASHINGTON — Very shortly after being sworn into his second presidential term, President Donald Trump signed an order to ensure flags on federal government grounds will fly at full-staff on ...

The proclamation ordered that for the rest of his Inauguration Day, and for all in the future, the U.S. flag should be flown at full-staff. In accordance with Trump's proclamation, Michigan Gov.