Trump orders U.S. flags lowered to honor slain journalists

Washington • President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. flags on federal property be flown at half-staff through sunset Tuesday to honor five newspaper journalists slain in Maryland’s capital.The order comes after Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said Monday that Trump had declined his request to lower the flags.The White House has reversed its decision and will permit Annapolis mayor Gavin Buckley to lower U.S. flags to half-staff in remembrance of the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette