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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

The veteran, Jay Carey, was arrested the same day that President Trump signed an executive order to punish flag burning, a First Amendment right. By Aishvarya Kavi Reporting from Washington The ...