The Hightower family tree has grown a new branch with news from Variety that James Norton is joining House of the Dragon as ...

A man who crashed a U-Haul rental truck into barriers protecting the White House has been sentenced to ... he retrieved a Nazi flag from his backpack. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich ...

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Former President Joe Biden caught flak for flying the Pride flag outside the White House during a Pride Month celebration in 2023, and for a leaked State Department memo in 2021 that encouraged U ...

ANGELA WEISS/AFP Goldman, co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, said in a statement on Tuesday that Musk had "repeatedly" promoted antisemitic and racist rhetoric ...

Despite the order from Biden, 82, both Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and now-President Trump, 78, fought to have the flags raised for the inauguration, which fell within the 30-day ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

Season 3 of House of the Dragon will begin filming this ... Rhys Ifans hinted at the start of shooting for season three, portraying Ser Otto Hightower in the series. Fans anticipating the new ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson did Trump a favor on Jan. 20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan ...

Governors from at least 28 states had later directed flags to be flown at full-staff for the inauguration, as had House Speaker Mike Johnson, who issued the order for the U.S. Capitol to display ...

To mark the death of former president Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden declared flags be displayed at half-staff for 30 days to mourn him “as an expression of public sorrow.” That 30-day ...

"Welcome home," President Joe Biden said as he and First Lady Jill Biden greeted the Trumps at the White House. Before delivering her speech, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar led Biden and Trump ...