Weeks before retaking office, Trump decided to add the measure to his Day 1 agenda, elevating a liberal joke that had become a conservative meme into an action that has come to symbolize the tenor of his term.

President Trump’s order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America prompted communities along the coast to think about the basin in a way many never had before.

A few problems with President Donald Trump trying to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America with the stroke of a pen.

Before President Donald Trump, the most high-profile call to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico came from Stephen Colbert, who joked on his Comedy Central show in 2010 that the body of water should be referred to as the Gulf of America in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill because “we broke it, we bought it.”

A federal judge on Monday is set to consider a request by the Associated Press to restore full access for the news agency's journalists after President Donald Trump's administration barred them for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in coverage.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced it's adopting Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf of Mexico. The new name will appear on all maps, documents and other FWC materials.

After the White House issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” a Trump effort to “honor American greatness,” the Associated Press issued a statement that it would not go along with the change but would acknowledge Trump’s decision.

I couldn’t believe it,” Kevin Posobiec told The Washington Post ... In April 2024, Posobiec was riding a jet ski in the Gulf of Mexico and thinking about how it was “such an America ...

AP Sues Trump Aides for Restricting Access Over Gulf of Mexico Name By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Associated Press on Friday sued senior aides to President Donald Trump over a ...

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

The New York Times and The Washington Post are using Gulf of Mexico. Fox News Channel said it will use Gulf of America as a reference. Axios, noting that it primarily serves a U.S. audience, said its reference will be “Gulf of America (renamed by the U.S. from Gulf of Mexico).”