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 ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump claimed the U.S. will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" Tuesday at ...

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

Environmental groups applauded President Joe Biden’s decision on Monday to enact a sweeping ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the U.S. coastline. But the ban had one glaring ...

Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is gearing up for a significant fiscal 2026, with an anticipated ...

While social media users debated whether Trump was being serious about the proposal, others wondered if such a change was ...

What's in a name? President-elect Donald Trump held a presser on Tuesday where he rambled off many statements — but one that ...

“The Gulf of Mexico is the base of my district, and it's in America. Let's call it the Gulf of America.” Others in the Louisiana delegation kept their judgments to themselves. Newly elected U ...

“THE FIRST OFFSHORE OIL WELL: First producing offshore oil well out of sight of land was completed Nov. 14, 1947 in the Gulf of Mexico forty-three miles South of Morgan City, Louisiana,” it say ...