Overview

• President Trump ordered U.S. flags on federal sites at half-staff through sunset Sept. 14 to honor Kirk, and Illinois directed state buildings to lower flags for "victims of political violence."
• Aurora, Illinois, raised municipal flags to full staff on Sept. 12 and kept them up through the weekend, with Mayor John Laesch citing the solemn 9/11 observance and local authority.
• An internal notice said Los Angeles Fire Department facilities would keep flags at full staff unless directed by Mayor Karen Bass, who had publicly condemned the attack earlier in the week.
• Johnson County, Iowa, Board Chair Jon Green said he would defy the governor’s half-staff order, and a social-media claim of a $1 million-per-day penalty was reported without independent confirmation.
• Compliance varied elsewhere, with New York and New Jersey not issuing state directives and Bergen County keeping flags at full staff, while the Cubs and Yankees held tributes and Trump said Kirk will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.