The Gulf of Mexico has been known by many names over the years. Renaming it could cause navigational issues for international sailors.

President-elect Donald J. Trump said Tuesday that he planned to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” one of several foreign policy proposals that left world leaders reeling. “It has a beautiful ring,” he said of the proposed name change for the body of water that borders several U.S. and Mexican states.

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.

In an almost offhand digression Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump idly mentioned he was going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

That covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.” Trump said he plans to put goods on tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Why is the Gulf named for Mexico?

President-elect Donald Trump plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Will the world follow? What will maps say if he does?

Biden invoked the 2010 BP oil spill, but his ban doesn’t include the area of the Gulf where the spill occurred.

President-elect Donald Trump wants a “Gulf of America,” and he might be able to get his way if he can nudge Congress or federal officials to go along with it.

With two weeks left in office, President Joe Biden is ending his presidency the same way he started it: halting oil production. On Monday, he announced a

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked body of water between the ... former President Barack Obama approved the Department of the Interior's order to rename Mount McKinley in Alaska to Denali, a local Athabascan name for the mountain that President ...

The ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling President Biden put in place on his way out of office doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the action she calls “blatantly illegal.

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’