"This legislation overturns years of a one-sided approach." Lawmakers ignite fierce battle for control of national monuments: ...

Two federal agencies recently approved the resource management plan for Bears Ears National Monument, even as one freshman lawmaker from Utah wants to strip presidential authority to create monuments.

Presidential historian Alexis Coe talked about the significance of presidential monuments, as part of a conversation about President's Day 2025.

In June of 1906, during his second Presidential term, Theodore Roosevelt signed a law granting future U.S. Presidents the power to designate or expand National Monuments on existing federal land.

A review of national monuments threatens beloved natural and cultural landscapes protected under the Antiquities Act.

Nevada’s only Republican in Congress, Rep. Mark Amodei, announced plans Thursday for legislation that would require Congressional approval of all future national monuments in Nevada. That would ...

has relied on presidential powers in the Antiquities Act to create monuments. After President Barack Obama made designations in Utah and western states, President Donald Trump ordered federal ...

Two federal agencies recently approved the resource management plan for Bears Ears National Monument, even as one freshman lawmaker from Utah wants to strip presidential authority to create monuments.