Trump order seeks to change the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...
Trump's geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary, despite allegations against him
A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization ...
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US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...
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Trump aims to restore Mount McKinley name; Alaska senators stand firm on Denali
Alaska's top lawmakers oppose Trump's plan to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, advocating for the name that honors the region's Indigenous heritage.
Hegseth told senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault
The answers were provided to Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in response to additional questions she had for Hegseth.
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Senate Advances Pete Hegseth For DOD, Alaska And Maine Republicans Break Ranks
The Senate narrowly advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary on Thursday in a 51-49 vote, moving him one step ...
‘Unacceptable’: Congressional Republicans decry Trump’s pardons of violent Jan. 6 rioters
More than 1,500 pardons were issued to those involved with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.
Oil industry unlikely to rush to Alaska despite Trump's call to drill
U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump's executive order enabling them to do so, company officials and industry ...