William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president until Donald Trump returned to the White House as his biggest fan ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

President Trump likes to remember William McKinley's tariffs as a triumph. The reality is far more complicated.

The McKinley Tariff of 1890 raised import duties to nearly 50% on average, up from around 38% previously. As the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, McKinley argued that high tariffs were ...

The Alaskan mountain was named for William McKinley in 1896, the year before he became president. McKinley was assassinated in 1901. The name stood more than a century until former President Obama ...

William McKinley came to power during a time of economic instability and inequality. As a congressman in 1890, he authored the highest and most protectionist tariff act in US history. As president, ...

Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office to change the name of the mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley, in honor of President William McKinley, who was assassinated in 1901.

Then a prospector in Alaska who admired president-elect William McKinley and his support for the gold standard called it Mount McKinley in a newspaper article in 1897. The name took, and the ...