First codified in 1923 by, I shit you not, the National Americanism Commission, the Flag Code was officially written into law ...

Marco Rubio has wisely reinstated the State Department's One Flag Policy, which bars U.S. embassies from flying anything but ...

In 2019, under the previous Trump administration, the State Department instructed missions that the rainbow flag may not be ...

United Nations officials say terrorism and the use of new technologies like weaponized drones against merchant shipping have superseded piracy as the top concerns for maritime security, and it's up to ...

It is amazing that the State Department’s “one flag” directive could be controversial. Even more amazing is how we got here ...

A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure ...

Constructed by the United States mainly with Afro-Caribbean labor and opened in 1914, the canal was administered by America ...

Donald Trump and JD Vance are scheduled to be inaugurated as the 47th president and the 50th vice president on Monday. Follow ...

Roughly 5% of all global trade flows through the canal’s 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch each year, with the largest chunk ...

Facing a race to build ships in the United States ... Shipbuilders and, potentially, a select set of elite Flag states are not the only potential winners here. America’s foundation for maritime ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The safety risks posed by unregulated oil tankers are rising, and the so-called shadow fleet is a threat ...

Since U.S. flag code states that no flag should fly higher than the American flag on the same pole or nearby, state flags get lowered during those periods, too. According to Biden's proclamation ...