The flag icon has been used on government sites since 2017, said a spokesperson for the General Services Association, which guides federal website standards. The flag had only nine stars because of ...

A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

A photograph purporting to show the American flag being flown upside down outside the State Department has gone viral on ...

However, a closer examination of the claims and recent fact-checks prove no official modifications have been made to the American flag. "The flag with the nine stars was one version of the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags besides the Stars and Stripes at State ... pride and Black Lives Matter flags on US government buildings, the Washington ...

"An official website of the United States government." For example, one Snopes reader's email read, "Has the American flag on usa.gov website been changed to have 9 stars instead of 50?" Another ...