President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert ...

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali ...

A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.

Trump also renamed Denali, North America’s tallest peak, as Mount McKinley, despite objections from Alaska’s senators.

While a name change for the Gulf of Mexico could be applied for federal references, other nations have no obligation to ...

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...

The Associated Press has weighed in on how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order changing the name of ...

President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley, ...

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of ...