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 ...

Many people now claim the American flag on these websites has a new design. Some on social media suggest it happened when Trump took office and that it's a nod to the first Confederate flag.

You will see an American flag with 9 stars in the top left corner of government websites like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The U.S. Web Design System shows this is the ...