Federal changes have to be made, but other countries and private companies can keep using "Gulf of Mexico." Here's why.

For years, as disputes over names on the map riled up nationalist passions in several parts of the world, US policymakers have watched warily, trying to stay out or to quietly encourage peace.

After a flurry of executive orders in Donald Trump's first 48 hours in office, the Gulf of Mexico is now the "Gulf of America." Frankly, the change is a little hard to take seriously—witness his 2016 ...

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

The deployment was ordered after the Trump administration signaled its intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico and moved quickly to fire the Coast Guard commandant.

Donald Trump took the Oath of Office and was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. He is only the second man ...

The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska senator.

A directive for the Department of Interior to begin formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico landed in the initial barrage of new ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali ...

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...

Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named “Gulf of America.” “President Trump is bringing common sense ...

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” The newly inaugurated president described the decision as part of ...