Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

“If we are going to rename things … this is the move,” Abbott wrote on X.

In his final days, President Biden issued an executive order banning oil and gas drilling along more than 625 million acres of coastal waters. The move

President Joe Biden has blocked new oil and gas drilling along most U.S. coasts, but the order excludes waters off Louisiana, leaving them open to new and existing production. Biden on Monday ...

President-elect Donald Trump said renaming the gulf is "appropriate," blasting Mexico for the migrants crossing the southern border.

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

Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is gearing up for a significant fiscal 2026, with an anticipated $1.8 billion budget aimed at flood risk reduction, coastal

While social media users debated whether Trump was being serious about the proposal, others wondered if such a change was even possible. Whether or not it could logistically happen — which CBS News reports is possible within the U.

While some advocates hailed Biden's ban on offshore drilling, announced Monday, critics point out a big omission: the western Gulf of Mexico.

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) told Newsweek: "ERCOT has issued a Weather Watch from January 20-23 due to predicted extreme cold weather across the ERCOT region, higher electrical demand, and the potential for lower reserves. Winter precipitation is also expected across parts of the state.

What's in a name? President-elect Donald Trump held a presser on Tuesday where he rambled off many statements — but one that stuck out was he plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."

President-elect Donald Trump claimed the U.S. will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, his second such news conference ahead of his transition back to the Oval Office.