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People protest against U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the White House on July 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. As the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress face mass protests in Washington, D.C. against their attacks on healthcare , immigrants , women , and the poor -as well as well as their support for white supremacists and men accused of sexual assault -civil liberties advocates are speaking out against an "unconstitutional" National Park Service proposal that would severely limit Americans' ability to protest near the White House and on the National Mall.
The ban on new mining claims near Yellowstone National Park was extended for another 20 years by U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke who signed the ban in a ceremony in the park's Paradise Valley on Oct. 8. A temporary ban on new claims in the area was put in place in 2016 under former president Barack Obama. Zinke's order extends that ban on new claims for gold, silver and other minerals on 121 km2 of public lands in the Paradise Valley and Gardiner Basin.
In 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announces a ban on new mining claims in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Emigrant, Mont.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park after two proposed gold mines raised concerns the area could be spoiled. Zinke signed the mineral ban Monday at a ceremony in Montana's Paradise Valley.
The National Park Service has floated the idea of whether it should charge fees to groups that hold protests on the National Mall. The reason cited by officials for this possible change is the cost to the federal government of providing security and other support for these events.
A judge reinstated an oil and gas lease on land in northwestern Montana considered sacred to some tribes in the U.S. and Canada - a ruling that could test the depths of the Trump administration's support for the energy industry. President Barack Obama's Interior Department improperly canceled the nearly 10-square-mile lease adjacent to Glacier National Park in 2016, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., said this week.
The Salt Lake Tribune) Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, listens to Zion National Park visitor Vince Boling of Graton, Calif., during a tour of the park's dilapidated South Campground on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.
Thirty years ago this summer, James Hansen, then at NASA, provided landmark testimony to Congress about the links between fossil fuels and climate change. The U.S. was suffering one of its worst droughts ever and Yellowstone National Park was burning.
At the Martin Luther King Jr. historic site in Atlanta, water leaks are causing walls to crack and floors to warp. The damage is so bad that it forced the closing of the civil rights figure's birthplace for several months in 2016 because of the damage.
'There is no one more qualified or deserving': Trump picks federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Anthony Kennedy's Supreme Court seat, setting up ferocious battle with Dems to get him nominated Coach could be left in Thai cave ALONE: Divers say they can now rescue the last four boys from underground labyrinth - but their 25-year-old chaperone faces ANOTHER night in his underground prison REVEALED: Trump 'told Putin to ignore his 'stupid' White House advisors who urged him not to congratulate the Russian president on his election victory' Male nurse, 24, dies after falling 500ft at Grand Canyon National Park when he climbed over a railing to get a better view From the perfect amount of sleep to the key to getting a good bum: The biggest health and fitness myths debunked REVEALED: Harvey Weinstein is holed-up at his Connecticut oceanfront estate and is developing scripts while moonlighting ... (more)
'There is no one more qualified or deserving': Trump picks federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Anthony Kennedy's Supreme Court seat, setting up ferocious battle with Dems to get him nominated Coach could be left in Thai cave ALONE: Divers say they can now rescue the last four boys from underground labyrinth - but their 25-year-old chaperone faces ANOTHER night in his underground prison REVEALED: Trump 'told Putin to ignore his 'stupid' White House advisors who urged him not to congratulate the Russian president on his election victory' Male nurse, 24, dies after falling 500ft at Grand Canyon National Park when he climbed over a railing to get a better view From the perfect amount of sleep to the key to getting a good bum: The biggest health and fitness myths debunked REVEALED: Harvey Weinstein is holed-up at his Connecticut oceanfront estate and is developing scripts while moonlighting ... (more)
This Fourth of July, nearly 14,000 immigrants become America's newest citizens, swearing the oath of allegiance at 27 naturalization ceremonies across the nation that coincide with the country's 242nd birthday and the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. "When oath ceremonies are tied to the Fourth of July, it's a message that immigrants believe in this country.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gestures after a woman interrupted his speech by shouting questions in the auditorium at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D. during the Western Governors Association annual meeting Tuesday, June 26, 2018. less U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gestures after a woman interrupted his speech by shouting questions in the auditorium at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D. during the Western Governors ... more HELENA, Mont.
An Anchorage hunter headed to the U.S. Supreme Court for the second time in a lawsuit against the National Park Service got a $130,000 contribution from the Alaska Outdoor Council this week.
In this Tuesday, March 6, 2018, file photo, the sun peaks over the horizon next to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial at daybreak along the Potomac River in Washington. Washington's primary is on Tuesday, June 19. FILE - In this Tuesday, March 6, 2018, file photo, the sun peaks over the horizon next to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial at daybreak along the Potomac River in Washington.
"A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him," argued Frederick Douglass in his Autobiography . Touring Cedar Hill, his stately former residence on a bluff in the Anacostia neighborhood of D.C., during his 200th anniversary year allows visitors to see the form and color of this great man's character.
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members, at left, Raoul Lufbery and, at right, Gary Whipple flank VNP Chief Ranger Ben Welch as they donate 10 lifejackets to promote use by young people. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary members, at left, Raoul Lufbery and, at right, Gary Whipple flank VNP Chief Ranger Ben Welch as they donate 10 lifejackets to promote use by young people.
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $3.356 million Passenger Ferry Grant to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority to continue repairs and improvements to the St. Johns River Ferry. "Ridership continues to grow, and improvements to the ferry's infrastructure will continue thanks to grant awards that the JTA has received from the FTA," JTA CEO Nathaniel Ford said in the release.
The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve has been set aside for public enjoyment since 1932. Every Democrat in the Colorado Senate has signed a letter opposing the Trump administration's proposal to sell off public land for energy development near Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.