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 ...

You will see an American flag with 9 stars in the top left corner of government websites like the Centers for Disease Control ...

This matter specifically concerned the very top portion of some .gov websites displaying a small, icon-sized American flag ...

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.