Editor's note: On May 6, 2025, a Republican-led House of Representatives committee moved forward with legislation that would make the name change from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America permanent. A ...

During its regular town commission workshop on Monday, Longboat Key’s seven commissioners voted unanimously to keep the name Gulf of Mexico Drive. The decision followed weeks of public discussion and ...

NOAA's Gulf of America Disaster Response Center in Mobile, Alabama, is covering the word "Mexico" on its facade to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order. NOAA and other federal agencies ...

Early one morning in March 2010, Captain Gary Jarvis cast a heavyweight line into the Gulf of Mexico from the deck of his 57-foot charter boat, “Backdown 2.” The sun hadn’t yet risen. But bright white ...

In a move steeped in symbolism and a bit of political theater, the U.S. House on Thursday officially embraced a controversial rebranding by renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” at the ...

Trump is considering renaming the Persian Gulf to the "Arabian Gulf" for official US purposes. The possible name change is controversial, with Iran strongly opposing it. This follows Trump's renaming ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, U.S. — Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a finger pointing into the Gulf of Mexico. Past ...

Donald Trump didn’t struggle to win the Florida town of Longboat Key in 2024. With a median age of 71.5 — only 6% of its residents are under 50 — it’s the sort of retirement community that built up ...