The news broke shortly before he was sworn in Monday morning, and Trump confirmed it during his inaugural address. The order will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley, which was the official name recognized by the federal government from 1917 until 2015.

If you said “introduce a resolution to require the state to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in official state documents,” congratulations, you’re as thirsty for approval as Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville)!

The president issued an executive order to change the name of the body of water, but its power may be limited beyond the United States.

House Republicans are pushing a new bill to limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

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

Despite burying any animosity during the majority of the ceremony, the former secretary of state was seen holding back a laugh moments after President Trump's swearing-in

Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

President-elect Donald Trump announced this week that the U.S. is going to rename the Gulf of Mexico once he takes office. No, this isn’t an Onion headline. I know. It’s really hard to separate the made-for-laughs headlines of fictitious Trump ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley.

Sutton was convicted in September 2024 of second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice and sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison. The same jury convicted Zabavsky of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice and he was sentenced to 4 years. Both were free on appeal.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.