President Obama will tape an episode of "Running Wild with Bear Grylls" while in Alaska, to air later this year, NBC says.
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Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 31, 2025
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis: Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali
President Obama announced on Sunday that Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America. The move came on the eve of Mr. Obama’s trip to Alaska, where he will spend three days promoting aggressive action to combat climate change, and is part of a series of steps meant to address the concerns of Alaska Native tribes. The central Alaska mountain has been called Mount McKinley for more than a century. In announcing that Sally Jewell, the secretary of the interior, had used her power to rename it,
Mr. Obama was paying tribute to the state’s Native population, which has referred to the site for generations as Denali, meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The peak, at more than 20,000 feet, plays a central role in the creation story of the Koyukon Athabascans, a group that has lived in Alaska for thousands of years. The White House also announced on Sunday that Mr. Obama was expanding government support for programs to allow Alaska Natives to be more involved in developing their own natural resources, including an initiative to include them in the management of Chinook salmon fisheries, a youth exchange council focusing on promoting “an Arctic way of life,” and a program allowing them to serve as advisers to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Denali is something that is a part of my daily life (and most days, view). I could not be more pleased to have our President acknowledge it.
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Diane Witt (@dianewitt) August 30, 2025Generations of Alaskans, Alaska Natives hold Denali sacred. Time to honor its original name.SJ on.doi.gov/1KVKg5s http://t.co/mS3kFiLoST
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Sally Jewell (@SecretaryJewell) August 30, 2025****
Mount McKinley, America's highest mountain, to be restored to original name Denali tgr.ph/1hNfpBa http://t.co/DheMdFm42z
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Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) August 30, 2025Those of you who think President Obama hasn’t enacted enough progressive policy should read right-wing reactions to Denali on Twitter.
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Justin Reedy (@justinsreedy) August 30, 2025****
Obama to rename nation’s highest mountain: hill.cm/ucqqmoB http://t.co/poXGtDMo9Q
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The Hill (@thehill) August 30, 2025President Obama renames Mount McKinley 'Denali' ti.me/1Vpm0Qt
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TIME.com (@TIME) August 30, 2025****
A name change that's been long overdue. #Denali @DenaliNPS twitter.com/Interior/statu…
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AK Dining & Travel (@AKCuisine) August 30, 2025****
Alaskans are thrilled to have their mountain's name restored.
#Denali twitter.com/robdelaney/sta…
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slc (@Syndeess) August 30, 2025Wonderful news, on the eve of President Obama's trip to Alaska, @Interior announces Denali rename: adn.com/article/201508…
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Sydney Kaufman (@SydneyHKaufman) August 30, 2025****
Mt McKinley isn't being "renamed" Denali... it is Denali. It's always been Denali. Locals, natives, climbers-- Denali. Good fix today.
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Shelby Edwards (@STEWest) August 30, 2025Mt. Denali will be renamed because that is the name given by native Alaskan's. So it is actually going back to original name.
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Middleclass Moderate (@midclassmoderat) August 30, 2025****
Respecting Alaska Natives: Obama To Rename Mount Mickinley As Mount Denali huff.to/1Fa5xqa
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Crystal EchoHawk (@CrystalEchoHawk) August 30, 2025Denali is a much cooler name anyway mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/us/…
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Joelle Gamble (@joelle_gamble) August 30, 2025****
#Denali restored to its original/cultural name. Thank you, @POTUS ! nyti.ms/1JFsIK2
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Susan Pesznecker (@SuePesznecker) August 30, 2025
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Ashley Alman: A Boy Who Asked Obama About Stem Cell Research In 2007 Writes To Say It Saved His Life
A young cancer survivor sent President Barack Obama a moving letter thanking him for keeping a promise made during a 2007 campaign stop — a promise the boy says saved his life. Gavin Nore, a teen from Fort Dodge, Iowa, told Obama in a letter shared by the White House Tuesday that he’d had the opportunity to meet the president during his first presidential campaign.
At the time, Nore asked Obama whether he’d continue stem cell research during his presidency, to which the president responded he would. In February 2013, Nore was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 14 years old. Nore said he was “cancer free” by that summer, but was later re-diagnosed. “I had to have a stem cell transplant. I beat the battle once again,” Nore wrote to the president. “I would like to thank you very much for continuing the research. If the research haden’t [sic] continued, I wouldn’t be here today.”
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“Where the jazz makes you cry, the funerals make you dance, and the bayou makes you believe all kinds of things.”
President Barack Obama holds a child as he greets residents in the the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans for the 10th anniversary since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Tremé is one of the oldest black neighborhoods in America
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President Barack Obama with Mayor Mitch Landrieu
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President Barack Obama sits for lunch at Willie Mae’s restaurant with young men from My Brother’s Keeper initiative
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President Barack Obama participates in a roundtable on Hurricane Katrina at the Andrew P. Sanchez Community Center in New Orleans
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President Barack Obama speaks during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 27, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. President Obama spoke at the Andrew P. Sanchez & Copelin-Byrd Multi-Service Center located in the Lower 9th Ward, a largely African-American neighborhood that was one of the hardest hit by the storm
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Stephen Feller: Study: Higher Number Of Americans Insured Because Of ObamaCare
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A review of data on community health centers shows large increases in the number of people who have gained access to healthcare as a result of the Affordable Care Act, especially in underserved urban and rural areas of the United States. Researchers pin much of the credit to the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA, also referred to as ObamaCare, which has allowed people who cannot afford health insurance to have greater access to care.
They note, though, that there has also been a large increase in the number people who have purchased private insurance through the ACA-mandated state exchanges. “Our findings underscore the importance of the Affordable Care Act to the poorest Americans,” said Dr. Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of health law and policy at George Washington University, in a press release. “This report shows the importance of ensuring that the ACA’s resources reach all medically underserved communities, including those in the 20 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid.”
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Thank you #POTUS for using that political capital to give us ObamaCare that @SenSchumer said you shouldn't have spent http://t.co/P7pTjcE0A3
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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) August 14, 2025
