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 ...

On the anniversary of the Antiquities Act, the law that allows presidents to create monuments, locals gathered at sites ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The Antiquities Act of 1906, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting ...