President Donald Trump has targeted DEI in his second term. Now, the National Park Service is no longer allowing free entrance for MLK Day or Juneteenth.

But you wouldn’t know that from reading Trump’s Truth Social posts declaring new holidays, or his executive order closing the federal government on Christmas Eve and December 26 (but only this year).

The Interior Department unveiled eight days in 2026 for U.S. residents to use parks for free, including the president's birthday.

The Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year’s schedule of free entrance days for national parks, then added President Donald Trump’s birthday, which ...

Civil rights leaders decry administration’s move to downplay Black American history and promote president ...

The Trump administration is facing scrutiny over its decision to remove dates that honor Black history from its list of ...

The Trump administration is reshaping when Americans can enter national parks for free – adding President Donald Trump’s birthday as a fee-free day while eliminating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and ...

The raw & rank racism here stinks to high heaven,” Harvard Kennedy School professor Cornell William Brooks, a former ...

A rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump raised the price of admission to national parks on Martin Luther King Day and Juneteenth — two holidays that celebrate Black history in the U.S. — circulated ...

Vernal Falls along the Mist Trail at Yosemite National Park. Trump's recent changes to free admission days at national parks are all about him, not honoring nature. In 2026, U.S. residents can ...

The NPS also added more free-admission days for next year – calling them "patriotic fee-free days" – such as Trump's birthday on June 14, July 4th weekend and the 110th Birthday of NPS. The Department ...

The Trump administration's decision to remove Juneteenth from the list of free days at National Parks (and add the ...