In fact, there is precedent for a U.S. president renaming a geographical feature. In 2015, President Barack Obama used his executive powers through the Department of Interior to rename Mount ...

President Barack Obama says the oil may have stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, but the government's job in tackling the environmental disaster is far from done.

AP Photo/Evan VucciPresident Barack Obama talks about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House.

_pap_embed_custom('news01s4013qebd',482,304,""); President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. government is doing everything it can to permanently stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and ...

That’s the quip from former Barack Obama staffer Dan Pfeiffer in reaction to Trump saying Tuesday he’ll move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said ...

Read the full text of President Barack Obama’s Oval Office address about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. energy policy.

Matthew Hinton/The Times-PicayunePresident Barack Obama says goodbye to U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen at Louis Armstrong International Airport after touring the coast of Louisiana Friday.

President Barack Obama, with Alabama Gov. Bob Riley at his side, said Gulf of Mexico seafood was safe and he was taking steps to make sure it stayed that way. Dave Martin/FR159046 AP hide caption ...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a reminder that the economy, which is showing signs of recovery two years after the recession, can ...

President Obama Today Traveled to Louisiana to Give Gulf Residents a "Solemn Pledge" that He will Not Abandon Them in the Wake of the Disastrous Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Latest U.S.

In fact, there is precedent for a U.S. president renaming a geographical feature. In 2015, President Barack Obama used his ...