Alaska's political leaders are cheering an expansive executive order signed by President Donald Trump that aims to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday night bringing “drill, baby, drill” to Alaska, focusing on unleashing the possibility of oil and gas development. “The State of Alaska holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources including,

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in Alaska. To start, Trump re-named the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” following through on a promise he made during his campaign. The body of water borders Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.