According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, ...

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 famous mountain — ...

On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to ...

(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North ...

The pledge to rename Denali was opposed by environmental groups and Alaskan politicians, including Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th ...

The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to change the name of North America's highest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. "We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley to ...

McKinley, reigniting a long-running dispute ... including Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. "There is only one name worthy of North America’s tallest mountain: Denali — the Great One ...