Flags will remain at half-staff for Carter for 30 days following his death, as ordered by the White House. This period ...

“On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump,” Johnson said in a statement.

The American flag would “for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast,” he added.

President Joe Biden had originally directed that flags were set to be flown at half-staff. In his proclamation about the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags to be raised temporarily, despite tradition dictating that flags should be at half-staff to mourn a former president.