Florida officially recognized "Gulf of America" as the name for the former Gulf of Mexico in state law and public school textbooks. The change follows a federal executive order by President Trump and ...

Editor's note: On May 6, 2025, a Republican-led House of Representatives committee moved forward with legislation that would make the name change from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America permanent. A ...

The Republican-led House approved a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, which would call on all federal agencies to update their maps to include the new name. The bill, which ...

WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House on Thursday passed a bill that would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The bill, ...

The unilateral attempt to rename the gulf has provoked ridicule and anger in Mexico. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Reporting from Mexico City President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday morning said ...

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months ...