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On Aug. 25, 2025, Trump signed an executive order titled "Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag." That executive order aimed to prosecute, when possible, anyone caught burning an American flag, ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order in late August that seems to make it illegal to burn the American Flag. Trump signed the executive order on Aug. 25 in the Oval Office. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

A U.S. military veteran was filmed burning an American flag outside the White House on the same day that President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking new consequences for doing so. Trump ...

It would have been easy to miss this in the flurry of falsehoods and phony grievances spouted by President Donald Trump this week, but you should really know two things: First, Trump hasn't actually ...

President Trump has long opposed flag burning as a form of protest, and now he's directing the Justice Department to prioritize prosecutions of people who set the American flag on fire. On Monday, ...

In August 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order making the burning of the American flag punishable by one year in jail. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: On Aug.