Barry made landfall as a tropical depression off the eastern Gulf Coast of Mexico on Sunday night, and was expected to bring heavy rains and flash flooding to the North American nation over the next ...

The tropics are expected to remain quiet for the next week, with no tropical development anticipated in the immediate future.

The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press refers to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.

The Gulf of Mexico basin formed some 300 million years ago, according to the National Parks Service. Its shallow waters became a natural habitat for many kinds of marine life.

Retropolis The Gulf of Mexico’s long history of colonization and varying names. Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

Some legal experts said Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico says a lot about how he wants himself, and the US, to be perceived by the world. "Most name changes arise from culture-war ...

Google Maps shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump’s executive order on Feb. 11, 2025. AP. The body of water has shared borders between the United ...

The Gulf of Mexico has appeared on maps for centuries, but geographic name changes are common throughout history. This name change has an immediate impact on U.S. federal agencies that map or ...

Mr. Trump’s order directs the U.S. secretary of the interior to update the government’s Geographic Names Information System within 30 days, removing all references to the Gulf of Mexico.

People's 401K's are being decimated, and they want to rename the Gulf of Mexico, which isn't even going to work. The rest of the world is going to call it the Gulf of Mexico." The bill will likely ...

The Gulf of Mexico is often referred to as the United States' “Third Coast” due to its coastline across five southeastern states. Mexicans use a Spanish version of the same name for the gulf ...

He recognizes that the name Gulf of Mexico first appeared on a world map around 1550, that it's been standard since the 1600s, and that the term originated with the Aztecs, who referred to ...