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Appears in 8 stories · Last updated Nov 6, 2026
Would close park south of Buckeye Drive, including golf course
The East Potomac golf course is set to close Nov. 15 for a championship-level renovation. For months, Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge that no final plan existed, even as President Trump announced the closure on Truth Social.
Updated 5 days ago
Would manage the site; says it was not briefed on national security claims
Just before midnight on Nov. 5, Judge Tanya Chutkan barred the government from doing any construction work at Memorial Circle for 14 days. Less than two hours earlier, a federal planning commission had voted 8-4 to let the project begin. On Nov. 2, she had ordered the government to report any decision by the planning commission, Park Service or Interior within an hour.
Directed to manage the monument and write a management plan
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on November 5, 2026, making the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room a national monument. The designation relies on the Antiquities Act, a 1906 law that lets presidents protect federal land and structures by proclamation, without a vote in Congress.
Manages Gateway National Recreation Area and hangar exteriors
New York State has committed $10 million to the first phase of reopening Hangars 3 and 4 at Floyd Bennett Field, the city's first municipal airport, which have been closed to the public for nearly a century. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the grant on Nov. 3; the money goes to the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy.
Updated Nov 3
Manages Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island has been closed to visitors since Oct. 26 while crews replace the last two pilings that hold the ferry dock in place. The Park Service expects the repair work to finish by Nov. 18; Alcatraz City Cruises lists island tours resuming Nov. 19, and both dates can slip with bad weather.
Updated Oct 30
Finalized the 2026 rule
Sport hunters can again lure bears to bait piles on Alaska's national preserves and shoot them at close range. The National Park Service rule, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 19, replaces a 2024 ban and takes effect Nov. 18.
Updated Oct 26
Manages Chiricahua National Park without dedicated new funding or staff
Chiricahua National Monument became Chiricahua National Park on Oct. 20, 2026, when President Donald Trump signed the Chiricahua National Park Act. The 12,000-acre site in southeastern Arizona is the state's fourth national park and the country's 64th.
Updated Oct 23
As of May 2026: Named as a defendant; implicated in federal property and historic-site process
At a January 22 hearing on the National Trust's preliminary injunction request, Judge Richard Leon signaled deep skepticism about Trump's authority to tear down "an icon that's a national institution" using $400 million in private donations. Leon called the funding mechanism a "Rube Goldberg contraption" and is expected to rule in February; Trump declared on Truth Social that "IT IS TOO LATE" to stop the project, claiming structural steel, marble, and bulletproof glass are already lined up.
Updated May 15
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