Judge orders restoration of national park plaques removed under Trump directive

A US district court judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate history and science materials removed from national public monuments on June 12, 2026, ruling that the White House's actions established a "dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization." The judge gave officials 21 days to comply with the order. This ruling follows a March 2025 executive order signed by Donald Trump, titled "restoring truth and sanity to American history." This directive instructed the secretary of the interior to review monuments, memorials, and statues for alterations made after January 2020 that might present a "false construction of American history." Angel Kelley condemned the administration's actions, stating they involved "telling half-truths."