Claims: Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

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1. title: Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments (alleges; supported) Source
2. url: https://grist.org/politics/trump-again-shrinks-bears-ears-and-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monuments/ (alleges; supported) Source
3. summary: Monday morning, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments stretched across over 3 million acres of public lands in southern Utah, protecting some of the country’s most remote landscapes and scores of archaeological sites sacred to local tribes. By that evening, President Donald Trump had cut the monuments to just 302,600 acres. While the two executive orders gutting the monuments and their protections repeat an action from the first Trump administration that was reversed by Pre… (alleges; supported) Source
4. published: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 (alleges; supported) Source