White House’s Flag Is No Longer at Half-Staff for John McCain

The flag at the White House was raised back to full-staff Monday morning, just hours after it had been briefly lowered to recognize the death of John McCain. The move breaks with a tradition that has normally seen sitting senators who die in office have flags lowered until burial—as well as the extraordinarily public disrespect shown by President Donald Trump toward his political enemy. Trump has still not issued a proclamation on the death—previous proclamations such as one for Rev. Billy Graham issued in February, called for flags to be flown at half-staff until the day of internment.