While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

The US Department of the Interior (DoI) on Friday said that the Gulf of Mexico is now to be known as the "Gulf of America" ...

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on ...

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.

The Interior Department of President Donald Trump's administration on Friday said it has officially changed the name of the ...

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ...

President Trump announced through an executive order that he is changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...

Meanwhile, the Associated Press, whose AP Style sets the standard for many major news organizations and other publishers, ...