President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

An undated photo of William McKinley, 25th President of the United States. He was inaugurated in 1897, and again in 1901 just prior to being assassinated on Sept. 6, 1901.

At the time, Trump criticized the decision, writing on Twitter (now known as X) “President Obama wants to change the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali after more than 100 years. Great insult to ...

The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after William McKinley in support of the then-presidential candidate.

And we will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs,” he said in his inauguration speech, referring to Denali.

The claim: President William McKinley may never have set foot in Alaska but one of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most ...

Trump vouched his support during a speech Sunday in Phoenix for changing the name of Denali in Alaska back to honor former President William McKinley, who was born in Ohio and assassinated early ...

Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley “I don’t know a single person that likes the idea, and we’re pretty vocal about it,” one ...

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The state’s senators prefer the Native name.

Denali or McKinley. We got 600 responses in two days – more than we expected. ... after learning that William McKinley won his party’s nomination for president.

In 1980, the park’s name was changed to Denali National Park and Preserve, but the mountain remained McKinley. Over a span of decades, Alaska’s congressional delegation repeatedly introduced ...