( July 14, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Saying that it is “in the public interest,” President Donald J. Trump on July 13 issued two proclamations shrinking the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante (GSE) national monuments by nearly 3 million acres, citing his authority under the Antiquities Act over an area that has been the subject of ongoing dispute across presidential administrations and may have implications for hydraulic fracturing....