The surrender by Senate Democrats on the spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown turned a defeat into a debacle.

“Some may call it an SOB and the vexillogical community (flag experts) may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our ...

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity.

ST PAUL, Minn. — At the State Capitol Thursday, a proposal was heard that aims to resurrect the retired Minnesota state flag. The bill — authored by 22 House Republicans — would allow the flying of ...

Some state legislators say it’s important to commemorate the former flag. Others say problematic imagery and the old flag’s ...

U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...

Illinois voters prefer to keep the current state flag, earning 165,602 votes. That's disappointing, but not altogether surprising.  As I've written before, the finalists for the new flag were also ...

Like the late baseball great Billy Martin used to say in the beer commercials, I feel strongly both ways. For me, it’s not ...

The City of Princeton is collecting old torn and tattered flags at their municipal offices to be retired and destroyed according to proper flag etiquette ...

As new safety initiatives are debated this year, some lawmakers are also seeking to undo provisions passed in the wake of the ...

The mayor of a major city also protested the ban by lighting up the city building in rainbow colors. One teacher said he won't follow the new ban.

Irish nationalist groups active in the U.S. – the Fenians, Clan na Gael and, later, Irish Northern Aid – participated in ...