Colonizers have always coveted the Gulf of Mexico: its trade winds, ports, fish and shellfish, its deep pockets of oil and gas far beneath a basin floor of crashed, tectonic plates.

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Trump suggests renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. So, can he do that? Here's what goes into a name.

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President-elect Donald Trump is looking to change world maps. On Tuesday, Jan ... The five U.S. states on its coast are ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, because "it's ours." Who owns ...

President-elect Donald Trump suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. But can he really do that? Here's how place names are determined.

In an almost offhand digression Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump idly mentioned he was going to change the name of the ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, during a news conference from Mar-a-Lago the Gulf of Mexico will be ...

The ban affects the entire Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and Washington, the eastern Gulf of ...

The move may complicate Republican efforts to speed lease sales for oil and gas exploration in federal waters.