Nation Jul 14 What to know about Trump shrinking 2 national monuments in Utah By Matthew Brown, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press
Politics Dec 16 WATCH: Biden creates national monument honoring Frances Perkins, 1st woman to serve in U.S. Cabinet As labor secretary, Frances Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal and create safeguards in the national economy following the Great Depression. By Associated Press
Politics Dec 09 WATCH: Biden announces creation of Native American boarding school national monument at Tribal Nations Summit “We don't erase history. We acknowledge it, we learn from it and we remember so we never repeat it again.”… By Matt Brown, Marc Levy, Associated Press
Politics Aug 16 WATCH: Biden designates 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, Ill. In August 1908, mobs of white residents tore through Illinois' capital city under the pretext of meting out judgment against two Black men. Two innocent Black men were hanged, dozens of homes and businesses in Springfield's majority-Black neighborhoods were burned… By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Politics Jul 23 Biden will establish a national monument for Emmett Till, Black teen lynched in 1955 President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official… By Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Oct 11 Watch 6:09 How Native Americans view Biden's restoration of national monuments Trump shrank By William Brangham, Courtney Norris The Biden administration recently restored the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears National Monument just ahead of Indigenous Peoples Day. The White House said the move protects land sacred to Native… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: Biden rejects Trump request to withhold WH records from Jan. 6 committee In our news wrap Friday, President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to withhold White House records from a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Biden also restored to protected status three national monuments cut… Continue watching
Oct 08 WATCH: Biden restores protections for national monuments By Associated Press President Joe Biden restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and development some red-rock lands sacred to Native Americans. Continue reading
Jun 04 Haaland sends recommendation on Utah monuments to president By Brady McCombs, Associated Press Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made her recommendation about whether to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah. But details on her decision have not yet been released. Continue reading
Apr 08 Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands dispute By Sophia Eppolito, Associated Press Haaland is visiting Utah as she prepares to submit a review on national monuments in the state. Residents there have both staunchly supported establishing and increasing the size of national monuments, and fiercely rallied against them. Continue reading