Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags be flown at full-staff for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald Trump. This comes after President Biden ordered all U.S. flags to be lowered for 30 days following the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec.

"While we honor the service of a former President, we must also celebrate the service of an incoming President," Gov. Greg Abbott says

AUSTIN – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed that American flags on state property be flown at full-staff to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, bypassing the national mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter. The move has sparked both praise and criticism on social media.

A reader is appalled that Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags flown fully raised for Donald Trump's inauguration day, neglecting honor for Jimmy Carter.

Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas continues to mourn Carter’s death but noted the federal flag code gives special importance to flying the flag on Inauguration Day.

"It was comforting and reassuring to see even the fleeting appearance of civility that his funeral inspired," writes one reader. Another: "Let us turn our attention from the toxicity that is Trump and emulate the gentleman from Plains,

Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration. They think it’s so great” Trump posted.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has ordered American ... because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half ...

Though federal flag code dictates a 30-day mourning period after the death of a former president, not everyone is complying. Here's what we know.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, is set to be sworn in as the 47th U.S. president

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

Some U.S. state flags were ordered to be raised during Donald Trump's swearing-in, while others will remain at half-staff for the late Jimmy Carter.