Speaker Johnson is suspending a 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter to allow flags at the Capitol to fly at full-staff at Trump's inauguration.

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.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered that flags at the state Capitol temporarily fly at full-staff for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

With flags in multiple states ordered to full-staff for the presidential inauguration Monday — along with the U.S. Capitol flags — Gov. Ron DeSantis decided Florida will follow suit. Why it matters: Flags were lowered to half-staff nationwide for 30 days of mourning after the Dec.

Gavin Newsom has directed California officials to temporarily raise the state capitol U.S. flag to full staff on inauguration day, in honor of Donald Trump. The height of U.S. flags has become a political touchpoint after the death of Jimmy Carter in December.

The president-elect had expressed concern that Democrats seemed happy to see the flag lowered during the inauguration ceremony despite the tradition of lowering flags after a president's death.