How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...

The federal government is formally implementing President Trump’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali.

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name ...

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ...

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