It's too early to say what Republican plans will take root in Congress, but already there are proposals to both sell off federal lands and pull back National Park Service funding budgeted for helping parks respond to climate change.
The National Park Service rescinded roughly 400 job offers for seasonal positions, prompting concerns that parks could be short-staffed during the summer.
The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Calling the gift “transformative,” the National Park Foundation said the $100 million grant is the largest donation the foundation has ever received.
The inauguration will take place Monday, Jan. 20, at the United States Capitol Building, with Trump expected to take his oath around 12 p.m., according to the National Park Service. The event will be aired across various major broadcast networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC and PBS.
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation member Charles “Chuck” Sams' time as director of the National Park Service has come to an end. But he could land
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will take place inside the U.S. Capitol on Monday rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that U.S. presidential inaugural ceremonies will be moved indoors.
Security in the nation’s capital will be at an all-time high Monday at Donald Trump’s history-making inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.
National Park Service Director Chuck Sams, an Oregonian, talks about everything from representation to reservations as he prepared to leave office.
USA TODAY reporters covered the historic events. They were inside the Capitol, walking the streets, at the White House and immersed in the MAGA crowd.
President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.