National parks set to close if staff funding stops
PHOENIX -- Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn't reach a budget agreemen...
PHOENIX -- Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn't reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday. The stance is a reversal from five years ago, when the Trump administration kept some parks open in a move that was lambasted as illegal by the Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog. This time around, the majority of more than 420 national park units will be off-limits to the public starting Monday, Interior officials said.