A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

The flag icon has been used on government sites since 2017, said a spokesperson for the General Services Association, which guides federal website standards. The flag had only nine stars because of ...

Americans are concerned about what a nine star flag means in place of the standard 50 stars and 13 stripes on the American ...

The circle of twelve stars also signifies royalty and implicitly structures of government (as in a Round Table). The flag's designer, Arsène Heitz, has acknowledged that Revelation 12:1 inspired him.

Also still flying is the Betsy Ross flag, a Revolutionary War flag with 13 stars in a circle. That flag, too, has become controversial, adopted by some far-right groups to signify a time when ...