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Jul 13, 2026 President Trump signed proclamations shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The proclamations used unilateral executive power to cut land protections, disband tribal-linked stewardship, and open former monument land to extraction.
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- Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument — President Donald J.
- President Trump Modifies Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument — On October 8, 2021, President Joe Biden announced the restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments to their original sizes, reversing reductions made during the Trump administration.
- Biden restores national monuments to original size — On July 13, 2026, President Donald Trump signed two proclamations that will significantly reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 91% and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument by approximately 90%.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 78 – 2026-07-11–2026-07-17
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Jul 2, 2026 The Fifth Circuit allowed the Trump administration to keep climate, slavery, and immigration material out of national parks Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
The ruling let the government continue removing public historical and climate information from a major civic education setting.
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- Appeals court rules Trump administration can remove historical and climate information from national parks — In latest legal twist, appeals panel rules US does not have to reinstate signage on climate, immigration and slavery
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 76 – 2026-06-27–2026-07-03
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Apr 28, 2025 The Trump administration dismissed nearly 400 contributors to the National Climate Assessment Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
Removing scientists from a congressionally mandated assessment used executive power to weaken an official basis for public policy and preparedness.
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- Trump Administration Dismisses Scientists from Climate Assessment — The Trump administration informed nearly 400 scientists they would no longer contribute to the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report.
- Trump administration dismisses contributors to climate report — The Trump administration has dismissed nearly 400 contributors to the sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA), a key US government study on climate crisis preparedness.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 15 – 2025-04-26–2025-05-02
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Jan 31, 2025 President Trump ordered USDA to remove websites and pages referencing the climate crisis Corroborated Power and Authority
The order used executive authority over agency records to restrict public access to climate information and federal guidance.
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- Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis — On Thursday, the Trump administration ordered the U.S.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 2 – 2025-01-25–2025-01-31
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