The Coast Guard is sending additional resources to at least four other maritime borders as well, including waterways around Florida.

The Coast Guard will surge additional resources to the “Gulf of America” and several other locations, the service said in a statement Tuesday, after the Trump administration sacked its top admiral and alleged that she had failed to prioritize the security of U.S. borders.

A computer search of Florida laws shows at least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the traditional name.

The order Trump signed instructs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico. It says all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications shall reflect the renaming.

After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly jumped on the idea. But actually making

Florida lawmakers and DeSantis could have a way to update state laws to change references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The Legislature regularly passes what are known as "reviser's bills" that do such things as change terms in laws.

Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the first official to use President's Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico in an official capacity.

Just one day into President Donald Trump’s second term, a U.S. military service branch has begun using the words “Gulf of America” to describe what has been known as the Gulf of Mexico for centuries.

President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed, and Gov. DeSantis officially refers to it in a state document.

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

During her first term as first lady, from 2017 to 2021, Melania Trump’s fashion choices gradually transitioned toward a more armored and strategic style. Initially soft and nostalgic—recall ...