The Gulf of Mexico is a large oceanic basin located in the southeastern region of North America, bordered by the United States (to the north and east), Mexico (to the west and south), and Cuba (to the southeast). It is part of the Atlantic Ocean and is connected to it via the Straits of Florida and the Caribbean Sea through the Yucatán Channel.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

During his inauguration speech Monday, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "A short time from now we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," Trump said, during a description of his plans for his first actions as the 47th president.

Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.

Corpus Christi researchers have found fentanyl and other pharmaceuticals in Gulf of Mexico dolphins. Since 2022, students and faculty members at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have tested ...

A watering hole that became legendary thanks in part to its location overlooking the Gulf of Mexico is taking orders for “Gulf of America” T-shirts. Flora-Bama Lounge, Package & Oyster Bar is taking pre-orders for shirts that are all about “making the Gulf great again.” This follows an executive order filed Monday by President Donald Trump.

During his inaugural address, President Trump said that one of his first executive orders will rename the Gulf of Mexico.

Colonizers have always coveted the Gulf of Mexico: its trade winds, ports, fish and shellfish, its deep pockets of oil and gas far beneath a basin floor of crashed, tectonic plates.

Anything regarding the Gulf of Mexico perks the ears of Texans ... or maybe a tropical depression churning toward southeast Texas. Look closely and one will note Crenshaw changed the names ...

The only exceptions are Texas and the west coast of Florida, where State jurisdiction extends from the coastline to no more than 3 marine leagues into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gulf of Mexico is often referred to as the United ... the river that forms the border between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.