Flags were lowered on Sept. 11 to honor the nearly 3,000 people who died on 9/11. But flags will remain that way for a few ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively bans burning the American flag. Flag burning has a longstanding history as a form of political expression, and it's the U.S. Code's preferred ...

Going against a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling—and the First Amendment—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 25 that criminalized burning the American flag. Flag burning has a ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday said Michigan and U.S. flags should fly at half-staff on Sept. 11 for Patriot Day ...

The president wants to prosecute protesters who desecrate the American flag, but his order concedes that such protests are typically covered by the First Amendment. By Charlie Savage and Luke ...