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.

The U.S. Coast Guard has started calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America," shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin changing the name.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order setting in motion the ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The body of water has shared borders between the ...

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

A person walks on a street covered with ice and snow after a rare winter snowstorm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Shawn Fink TPX IMAGES ...

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