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Man burns U.S. flag near White House to protest Trump order. Secret Service detains man in Lafayette Square. [View all]
Here’s the WaPo’s story about the flag burning. The event happened yesterday afternoon, so, by later this morning, the story should appear in LBN as something that just happened.
The flag burning occurred in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House.
I always enjoy articles by Martin Weill.
Man burns U.S. flag near White House to protest Trump order
Secret Service detains man in Lafayette Square claiming to be Army combat veteran.
August 26, 2025 at 3:01 a.m. EDT Today at 3:01 a.m. EDT
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Army National Guard soldiers surround the scene where a man burned a U.S. flag across the street from the White House in Washington on Monday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
By Martin Weil
A man set fire to a U.S. flag across the street from the White House Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s anti-flag-burning executive order. … The man was arrested in Lafayette Square, but not on grounds of violating the order — or of burning the flag. Instead he was charged with violating a law against setting fires at federal parks.
Video posted on social media shows the man in the park saying that he would ignite the flag to protest Trump’s order issued earlier Monday. The man called the order illegal.
The Supreme Court has ruled that burning the flag is a mode of symbolic speech protected under the First Amendment. Trump’s order appeared to acknowledge the court’s decision, but to aim at instances of flag burning where he indicated that the court’s ruling might not apply, such as when they result in incitement to “imminent lawless action.”
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A U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officer detains the man that burned the flag. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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By Martin Weil
Martin Weil is a longtime reporter at The Washington Post.follow on X@martyweilwapost
Secret Service detains man in Lafayette Square claiming to be Army combat veteran.
August 26, 2025 at 3:01 a.m. EDT Today at 3:01 a.m. EDT
2 min
Army National Guard soldiers surround the scene where a man burned a U.S. flag across the street from the White House in Washington on Monday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
By Martin Weil
A man set fire to a U.S. flag across the street from the White House Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s anti-flag-burning executive order. … The man was arrested in Lafayette Square, but not on grounds of violating the order — or of burning the flag. Instead he was charged with violating a law against setting fires at federal parks.
Video posted on social media shows the man in the park saying that he would ignite the flag to protest Trump’s order issued earlier Monday. The man called the order illegal.
The Supreme Court has ruled that burning the flag is a mode of symbolic speech protected under the First Amendment. Trump’s order appeared to acknowledge the court’s decision, but to aim at instances of flag burning where he indicated that the court’s ruling might not apply, such as when they result in incitement to “imminent lawless action.”
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A U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officer detains the man that burned the flag. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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By Martin Weil
Martin Weil is a longtime reporter at The Washington Post.follow on X@martyweilwapost
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