Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management ...

TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about ...

Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.

As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech. Trump has ...

Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it ...

At least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the ...

Meanwhile the planet’s biggest overarching threat—climate change—is expected to worsen under Trump, who ordered the U.S. to leave the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day back in office.