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October 23, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Karoline Leavitt Says Trump Can Destroy Entire White House if He Wants

Leavitt dodged a key question on the limits to Donald Trump’s abilities to renovate.

August 8, 2023

Biden’s New National Monument Near the Grand Canyon Is a Big Freaking Deal

The designation protects land sacred to Native tribes and blocks new mining.

July 11, 2018

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

How to Dig Up a Dictator

Can exhuming Francisco Franco make a Spanish Civil War monument less fascist?

April 25, 2017

Donald Trump is coming for your public lands.

June 24, 2016

Emma Foehringer Merchant

President Obama just created the first national monument honoring the LGBT community.

February 12, 2016

Emma Foehringer Merchant

Obama announces the protection of 1.8 million acres of desert, including some of the music industry’s favorite spots to shoot music videos.

November 13, 2012

Four Gorgeous Places in America That Should Be Protected Parks