The 50-page legal opinion provides guidance on the Antiquities Act, concluding the president has grounds to abolish two ...

President Donald Trump has broad authority to revoke protected land designated as national monuments by past presidents, the ...

The opinion comes as the Interior Department seeks to scale back the land of six national monuments to make more land ...

The Justice Department this week published legal guidance for the White House saying presidents can eliminate or cut national ...

The legal opinion upends a 1938 document used by presidents of both parties. But it's still unclear if he'll tear up popular ...

The Justice Department issued a new opinion arguing President Trump can revoke national monument status, the latest step in a ...

A US president’s power to create and undo national monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act is among the White House’s “most ...

Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect ...

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 ...

Debate is resuming over Donald Trump's first-term belief that as president he could reduce the size of national monuments.

Contrary to a longstanding legal opinion, the Justice Department says that President Donald Trump has the authority to revoke the status of national monuments established under former President Joe ...

An opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel says the Antiquities Act of 1906 allows presidents to shrink or eliminate ...