For years, as disputes over names on the map riled up nationalist passions in several parts of the world, US policymakers have watched warily, trying to stay out or to quietly encourage peace.

Renaming it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US. And the long global history of disputed place names suggests it ...

President Donald Trump's recent executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America has thus far elicited a ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week ...

Federal changes have to be made, but other countries and private companies can keep using "Gulf of Mexico." Here's why.

The Coast Guard has announced it will be sending “aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces” to the “Gulf of America” ...

The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has responded to executive orders from President Donald Trump to deploy assets around maritime borders ...

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management ...

A major winter storm prompts blizzard warnings, dumping heavy snow and sleet in a region where even flurries are a rare sight ...