Mike Magner

Staffing cuts at the National Park Service, where more than 1,700 full-time workers were forced out just before the start of the 2025 tourist season, may be one of the first real tests of public support for the Trump administration’s […]

The push to put pennies out of circulation that was kicked off during the Super Bowl by President Donald Trump ultimately depends on Congress, which has shown reluctance to cancel the 232-year-old coin since one of the first serious proposals

The bald eagle has (almost) landed as the national bird of the United States after the House on Monday cleared the bill to make the designation official. All that remains is a signature from President Joe Biden, and the eagle

As Congress hammers out disaster aid funding in the final days of the lame-duck session, advocates are pressing lawmakers to include $2.3 billion for more than two dozen national parks damaged by hurricanes, storms, wildfires and other natural disasters in

​The National Park Service is seeing a surge in private support bigger than anytime in its 108-year history, as it also faces a maintenance backlog of more than $23 billion, made worse this fall by hurricane damage to its most

Bald eagle lovers are flying high as Congress heads into its lame-duck session, with the potential of House action on a bill officially designating the longtime symbol of the United States as the national bird. “I’m optimistic it’s going to be

The gorgeous fall colors will still come this month to the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina, but many of the millions of travelers who normally arrive this time of year at America’s most-visited national park probably will not,

The bald eagle is poised to officially rise to its long-assumed perch as the national bird of the United States if House members follow suit when they return from recess and pass legislation that sailed through the Senate. The Senate