The Justice Department says President Donald Trump has the right to abolish national monuments established by former President Joe Biden at the request of Native American tribes. In the final days ...

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.

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 ...

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… ...

Trump bid to shrink monuments could prompt big legal battle. By Jennifer Yachnin, Heather Richards | 06/12/2025 01:41 PM EDT . The Justice Department this week published legal guidance for the ...

The association lists national monuments in six states, including Bears Ears in Utah, designated by President Barack Obama in 2016. Trump reduced its size in December 2017, then Biden restored it.

Trump officials say presidents can abolish monuments created by predecessors, and California's newest ones — Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands — are vulnerable.

National monuments have broad public and political support, and shrinking or revoking them will only damage the Trump Administration’s popularity,” Aaron Paul, the staff attorney for the Grand ...

This wouldn't be the first time the Trump administration has taken a metaphorical axe to national monuments. In 2017, Trump ordered a review of more than 25 monuments with the goal of mining ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed Friday the administration is reviewing the boundaries of several national monuments — meaning it eventually could move to shrink them. “When we’re ...

Trump officials are analyzing whether to remove federal protections for national monuments spanning millions of acres in the West, according to two people familiar with the matter and an internal ...