Our exhaustive search of American place names discovered that one country has been a shockingly dominant source of inspiration. You’ll never guess which one.

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.

Town councils and businesses along the gulf are conflicted over whether and how to ditch ‘Mexico’ in its name.

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 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).”

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 ...

Words on maps have sticking power, writes Art Historian Stephanie Leitch. What are the implications of Google's Gulf of America stunt?