Donald Trump has said the US flag should not fly at half-mast on his inauguration, despite it being a custom after the death ...

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later ...

The code is a set of guidelines, not law, but private citizens and businesses are expected to follow the protocol of lowering ...

"Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it," Trump said of the US flag flying at half-staff during his ...

Since the US flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags are also lowered during those periods.