Monday evening headlines for August 25, 2025.

Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Flag Burning, Directs DOJ to Prosecute

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute individuals who burn the American flag.

The order challenges the US Supreme Court’s 1989 decision that protects flag burning under the First Amendment as political expression.

While the order acknowledges the court’s ruling, it claims exceptions exist when flag burning incites imminent lawless action or qualifies as “fighting words.”

Trump stated the act “incites riots” and called the Supreme Court’s decision a “very sad” ruling.

BREAKING: President Trump signs executive order to mandate one full year in jail for protesters who burn American

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