Demonstrators unfurled the flag against El Capitan to protest the Trump administration's cuts to the National Park Service.

Trump again called on the United States to send astronauts to Mars in his speech to a joint session of Congress.

After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired Feb. 14, staff have banded together to signal “dire distress” by hanging the American flag upside down off Yosemite’s El Capitan. The ...

As visitors descended on Yosemite National Park to witness its iconic “Firefall” event, an upside-down American flag was hung on a park summit to protest the ongoing federal job cuts carried out by ...

A group of climbers, some who used to work for the Park Service, intended to raise awareness about how recent federal job ...

High Desert area residents and climbers hang an American flag upside down in a symbol of distress and protest against federal ...

A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ...

The Department of the Interior told USA TODAY it was aware of the "unauthorized and inappropriate" display, which was eventually taken down.

"We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American ... for our national symbols is unacceptable. The NPS does not condone such actions, and the flag was ...

The first recipient of a Division I flag football scholarship, Westerlund is set to try out for the U.S. national team later ...

Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside down symbolizes a distress ... In 2023, Yosemite was the sixth busiest national park in the country, with 3.89 million visitors.