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.

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

Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is gearing up for a significant fiscal 2026, with an anticipated $1.8 billion budget aimed at flood risk reduction, coastal

In his final days, President Biden issued an executive order banning oil and gas drilling along more than 625 million acres of coastal waters. The move

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

President-elect Donald Trump claimed the U.S. will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, his second such news conference ahead of his transition back to the Oval Office.

While some advocates hailed Biden's ban on offshore drilling, announced Monday, critics point out a big omission: the western Gulf of Mexico.