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

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

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

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 ...

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

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