President Biden previously ordered that flags fly at half-staff until Jan. 28 to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

Initially, flags were set to be half-staff at the Capitol on Inauguration Day due to the timing of former President Jimmy Carter's death.

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.

Flags in Arizona continue to fly at half-staff in honor of Jimmy Carter. Here's why and the difference between half-staff and half-mast.

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.