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 ...

Donald Trump said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president.

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 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.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley. He also called for changing the name of the Gulf ...

Interestingly, one of the top priorities was renaming Denali, the highest peak in North America, to Mount McKinley. Which may leave some GM fans wondering – what about the GMC Denali sub-brand?

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 ...

The McKinley name stuck until 2015, when President Barack Obama’s administration changed it to Denali as a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of his Alaska visit to highlight climate ...