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

America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks to its vast national forests, are at the heart of the country’s ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

On Wednesday, Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) released a statement defending the Antiquities Act and the state’s public ...