Is there a government website that notifies you when/why US flags are flown at half mast?
The U.S President is not the only one who can “order” flags to be flown at half-mast. A state Governor or the Mayor of the District of Columbia can do so as well. For federal, here are some guidelines developed by President Eisenhower: The flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and its territories and possessions after the death of the president or a former president. It is to fly 10 days at half-staff after the death of the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives. For an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a member of the Cabinet, a former vice president, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House o
