At one point the Gulf of Mexico was called the Gulf of New Spain, and Mexico was referred to by the Spanish as New Spain.

"This is America dropping its pants and showing its empire tattoos,” San Diego State professor William Nericcio tells Gustavo Arellano after Trump renames the Gulf of Mexico.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

Even European home waters were named by sailors after their destination. The Irish Sea was the route from England to Ireland; the Gulf of Finland was the way taken by non-Finns on the south shore ...

Sign the petition telling Google to uphold international norms, and maintain the Gulf of Mexico’s name on all versions of ...

Here’s where the Tamiami Trail is, what to know about its history and why the Florida senator that proposed its name change dropped the bill.

The Trump administration has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but most of the body of water lies outside maritime regions controlled by the United States. Territorial seas ...

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

The Texas Gulf Coast is calling—and its 3,359 miles of shoreline are filled with cultural sights, affordable seafood, serene ...

Google has quietly removed key cultural holidays, including Black History Month and LGBTQ+ Pride Month, from its calendar app. The tech giant’s online and mobile calendar has for years marked the two ...

It’s not just Gulf of America on Google Maps. Users have also noticed changes to Google Calendar and Google Search.

Other, lesser-known mapping services, including OpenStreetMap and HERE WeGo, also continue to use Gulf of Mexico as the official name. Although Google decided to follow Trump's executive order on ...