Mr. Trump’s order directs the U.S. secretary of the interior to update the government’s Geographic Names Information System within 30 days, removing all references to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gulf of Mexico basin formed some 300 million years ago, according to the National Parks Service. Its shallow waters became a natural habitat for many kinds of marine life.

Google Maps shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump’s executive order on Feb. 11, 2025. AP. The body of water has shared borders between the United ...

Although a voice vote was split Monday, the Nos clearly had it on Rep. Aaron Pilkington‘s (R-Knoxville) resolution that would have required Arkansas state agencies to call the Gulf of Mexico the ...

Google Maps changes Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America for U.S. users 00:42. Mexico is suing tech giant Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for U.S. users, after President ...

The Gulf of Mexico is seen from a beach in Sarasota, Fla., in January 2024. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, that he planned to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum is asking Google to limit any renaming of the body of water to the U.S. continental shelf, as dictated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order.

Mexico has argued that the Gulf of America label should only apply to the part over the U.S. continental shelf. The U.S. has control over about 46% of the gulf, Mexico controls about 49% and Cuba ...

Mexico has sued tech giant Google over its labelling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a change made by U.S. President Donald Trump via executive order, Mexico President Claudia ...

The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press refers to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.