For example, four national parks and monuments in southeastern Utah, including Natural Bridges, drew about 2.4 million visitors who spent nearly US$400 million in surrounding communities.

A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.

Presidents have expanded and contracted national monuments, as the U.S. saw with Bears Ears National Monument in Utah over the course of the past three presidencies. The rules for the use and ...

The monuments were restored to their original sizes, or slightly expanded, by the Biden administration. Locals gather at a rally to protect Ironwood Forest National Monument on June 7.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The National Park Service (NPS) said that many areas around the National Mall will be closed on Saturday for the Army’s 250th birthday parade and festival.

President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments in California established by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, as well as any others created by past presidents ...