The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska's Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...

North America’s tallest peak is renamed Mt. McKinley, but many Alaskans favor a name that spans deep into history.

Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced ...

The claim: President William McKinley may never have ... mountain — North America’s tallest — as McKinley’s namesake. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, for years has argued to keep ...

Lisa Murkowski. Jan. 20, 2025 “Historical analysis confirms that William McKinley is the wrong public figure for Alaskans to commemorate,” he said. McKinley served as president from 1897 until ...

Gulf of Where? In the same name-swapping order, designed to take effect by mid-February, Trump declared that the Gulf of ...

The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after William ... back to McKinley. One resolution quotes Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski ...

King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska ...