Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum fired back at Trump over his latest pledge, saying her country might start referring to the United States as “América Mexicana” or “Mexican America,” The Associated Press reported. “That sounds nice, no?” Sheinbaum said at a press briefing last week, adding that the Gulf of Mexico had gone by its name since 1607.

The Gulf of Mexico has been known by many names over the years. Renaming it could cause navigational issues for international sailors.

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.

President-elect Donald J. Trump said Tuesday that he planned to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” one of several foreign policy proposals that left world leaders reeling. “It has a beautiful ring,” he said of the proposed name change for the body of water that borders several U.S. and Mexican states.

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

President-elect Donald Trump plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Will the world follow? What will maps say if he does?

That covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America, what a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.” Trump said he plans to put goods on tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Why is the Gulf named for Mexico?

Biden invoked the 2010 BP oil spill, but his ban doesn’t include the area of the Gulf where the spill occurred.

Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea from ...

President-elect Donald Trump wants a “Gulf of America,” and he might be able to get his way if he can nudge Congress or federal officials to go along with it.

President Biden has permanently placed off limits significant portions of the country's outer continental shelf from future energy drilling activity.

This client alert provides a brief overview of President Biden’s recent decision to expand the ban on offshore oil and gas leasing, outlining