Mexico City: Mexico will take Google to court if it insists on changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Maps users in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday. She said her government had written again to the US company arguing that President Donald Trump’s executive order on the subject … Read more
The Associated Press has been indefinitely barred from the Oval Office and Air Force One due to a naming dispute over the Gulf of Mexico, now referred to as the Gulf of America by the Trump administration. This decision marks a significant escalation in the four-day standoff between the White House and the AP, which … Read more
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday because the news agency has not altered its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered renamed to the Gulf of America, the news agency said. Julie Pace, the AP’s executive editor, said … Read more
The Associated Press was blocked from an event in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, following disputes over the agency using the Gulf of Mexico instead of the Gulf of America. Earlier, President Donald Trump announced that February 9 would be the first “Gulf of America Day,” a move that came after … Read more
The White House barred an Associated Press reporter from covering an event with President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk on Tuesday, in what the longtime newswire said was punishment for its style guide not adopting the president’s new “Gulf of America” label. “It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its … Read more
San Francisco, United States: Google on Monday changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” for those using its Maps platform inside the United States, complying with an executive order by President Donald Trump. The tech giant wrote in a blog post that users outside the United States will continue to see … Read more
Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” on its Maps platform for users in the United States, following an executive order by President Donald Trump.In a blog post, the tech giant stated that users outside the US will continue to see both the original and new name, similar to how … Read more
Washington DC: US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has congratulated Donald Trump for signing an executive order which renamed the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America. Ms Burgum, who is serving as the 55th Secretary of the US Department of Interior, wrote on X, “It’s official! Congratulations @POTUS on the Gulf of America! @Interior has … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. He also declared February 9 as “Gulf of America Day”. The proclamation comes weeks after Executive Order 14172, signed on January 20, 2025, which officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. … Read more
Washington: The Trump administration’s Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, … Read more
Among the blizzard of executive orders issued by Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office was one titled Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness. It unilaterally renamed “the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America”. The order was justified by this maritime space having long … Read more