Overview

• President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags on federal properties flown at half-staff through Sept. 14 to honor Charlie Kirk, a directive many but not all jurisdictions mirrored.
• West Hollywood lowered the Progress Pride and Transgender flags at Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle, faced sharp criticism, and said it followed city policy tied to presidential proclamations with a policy review now planned.
• Cherry Grove on Fire Island also lowered Pride and trans flags, drawing objections from local advocates who urged removing symbolic flags rather than flying them at half-staff for Kirk.
• Some New Jersey jurisdictions, including Bergen County and Madison, kept flags at full staff under state flag-status rules, prompting public criticism from figures such as former Jets center Nick Mangold.
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told fire stations not to lower flags, yet some LAFD stations did so anyway, and separate coverage noted early reports about etched bullet casings were later retracted as the suspect’s arrest was confirmed.