The Trump administration removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, citing a decades-old federal code that permits only the American flag, Department of the Interior flag, or POW flags on national monuments. This action, which the administration states is part of a broader effort to prevent the politicization of national monuments and not specific to Stonewall, sparked outrage from local activists and Democratic officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Despite the federal directive, hundreds of protesters gathered on Thursday, and local officials re-raised the Pride flag at the monument. The Department of the Interior criticized this act as "theatrics" and a distraction from pressing city issues like power outages and sanitation, while emphasizing their commitment to preserving the site's history.