Shreveport Times on MSN1d
Louisiana Department of Education adjusts framework to reflect Gulf of America name change
The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) has announced that it will be updating its Freedom Framework in social studies to reflect President Trump's executive order on renaming the Gulf of Mexico ...
JD Supra2d
FinCEN’s Geographic Targeting Order Increases Reporting Obligations for Money Services Businesses Located Near the United States–Mexico Border
On March 11, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a ...
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U.S. Towns Have Foreign Land Names they Barely Know
Many places in the United States are named after countries and foreign cities, despite having no direct connection to them.
It’s not just the Gulf of Mexico. Why is so much of America named after foreign countries?
Our exhaustive search of American place names discovered that one country has been a shockingly dominant source of ...
The Gazette16d
Mapquest trolls Trump with ‘name your own gulf’ website
While Apple, Microsoft, and Google changed the Gulf of Mexico on their maps app ... This comes after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System updated the Gulf of America name earlier this ...
The Courier-Journal18d
'Gulf of $7 eggs.' MapQuest users are picking their own names for the Gulf of Mexico
Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico has been met with mixed results. While some U.S. citizens who live in places like Florida have gladly welcomed the name change, others appear irked.
The Washington Post19d
The inside story of how President Trump came to name the ‘Gulf of America’
“Gulf of Mexico? I think you mean Gulf of America ... 30 days to make the change formal and update the Geographic Names Information System, the database of millions of official names for ...
The Indianapolis Star21d
'Gulf of Fragile Masculinity.' MapQuest allows users to rename the Gulf of America. Here's how
The Geographic Names Information System, which is part of the United ... The navigation company has retained the Gulf of Mexico name, it joked, not as a political statement but because the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram21d
Gov. Abbott recognizes the ‘Gulf of America.’ Many Texas websites still say ‘Gulf of Mexico’
The Texas General Land Office website referencing the Gulf of Mexico. Screenshot taken ... their responsibility to follow the Geographic Names Information System, which lists the official names ...
Condé Nast Traveler22d
How Names on Maps Get Changed—and Who Gets to Decide
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Names ... geographic name usage throughout the government, to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf ...
AOL22d
Google caught in crossfire over Gulf of America name change
The company’s decision to follow Trump’s order on Google Maps quickly sparked backlash from Mexico ... the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) made the change official, prompting ...