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 ...

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

The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that “never were or no longer are ...

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 ...

Antiquities Act gave presidents the power to protect objects on public lands. A Justice Dept. memo said the Act also ”carries with it the power to revoke.” ...

The Justice Department (DOJ) said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has the authority to revoke national monument ...

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

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 ...

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