Armed with a new legal directive arguing that presidents have the power to abolish national monuments created by their White House predecessors, President Donald Trump is expected to move to ...

The opinion concludes the Antiquities Act, established by Congress in 1906, allows the president to alter previous designations and decide that earlier national monuments, "either never were or no ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — Lawyers for President Donald Trump's administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites across broad ...

The Democrat's declarations for the monuments barred oil and natural gas drilling and mining on the 624,000-acre (2,400-square-kilometer) Chuckwalla site, and the roughly 225,000 acres (800 square ...

The Democrat's declarations for the monuments barred oil and natural gas drilling and mining on the 624,000-acre (2,400-square-kilometer) Chuckwalla site, and the roughly 225,000 acres (800 square ...

President Trump can abolish national monuments that were protected from energy development and other activities by past presidents, the Justice Department (DOJ) has determined. The department issue… ...

MARANA — On a warm Saturday morning, more than 100 protesters gathered near Waterman Peak in the Ironwood Forest National Monument to voice their support for public lands protections. At the ...

A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.

Supporters of Arizona's national monuments rallied at two sites, one in Tucson and one near the Grand Canyon, to protest a plan by the Trump administration to open the land to mining. The rally ...

President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments in California established by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, as well as any others created by past presidents ...

The May 27 document, which reverses a legal opinion issued in 1938, could be laying the groundwork for Trump to abolish or dramatically shrink national monuments, which confer federal protections ...