It's too early to say what Republican plans will take root in Congress, but already there are proposals to both sell off federal lands and pull back National Park Service funding budgeted for helping parks respond to climate change.

The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The question of attendance numbers is likely to draw particular scrutiny. Throughout his 2024 campaign, Trump has consistently emphasized rally crowd sizes, making this inauguration's attendance figures a closely watched metric of public support.

As National Park Service Director Chuck Sams prepared to leave office, he spoke with USA TODAY about everything from representation to reservations.

The inauguration will take place Monday, Jan. 20, at the United States Capitol Building, with Trump expected to take his oath around 12 p.m., according to the National Park Service. The event will be aired across various major broadcast networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC and PBS.

Security in the nation’s capital will be at an all-time high Monday at Donald Trump’s history-making inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.

President Donald Trump took the oath of office inside the Capitol Rotunda Monday. Trump is now officially the 47th President of the United States of America. His ceremony had to be moved inside as Washington,

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said he ordered the inauguration to be moved inside. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies said in a statement that they’ll honor his request.

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed normal, but there were concerns about U.S. democracy lingering just beneath the surface.

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley.

In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, a second Trump presidency seemed out of the question to many. Then came a series of events detailed in a video drawn from the documentary “Trump’s Comeback.