WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to scale back national monuments (all times local):3:30 p.m. The Republican chairman of House Natural Resources Committee is applauding President Donald Trump for reversing what he called "abuses" of the Antiquities Act by former Democratic presidents. ___2:45 p.m.President Donald Trump has signed proclamations to formally scale back two sprawling national monuments in Utah: Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante. A handful of counter-protesters also gathered to support Trump and the decision to scale back the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalate national monuments. The two national monuments are among 27 that Trump ordered Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review earlier this year.

Source: Economic Times December 04, 2017 20:26 UTC