In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump used an executive order on Monday to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali in Alaska.

PASCHALL-BROWN, LIVE IN ORLANDO FOR WESH TWO NEWS. ALSO DEVELOPING GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS HAS CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION TO DEAL WITH TRUMP’S PROMISES FOR A SWIFT CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRATION.

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.

The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, brushing aside a litany of misconduct allegations and the objections of Democrats who argued he is unqualified for the job.

Governor Ron DeSantis, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and State Representative Kiyan Michael (D-Jacksonville Beach) joined state and federal law enforcement for a roundtable discussion on immigration policy in Jacksonville on Thursday.

The Legislature’s resistance harkens back to a time in which lawmakers regularly pushed back against the governor.

President Trump's territorial assertions sparked a round of rethinking by mapmakers and teachers, snark on social media and sarcasm by at least one other world leader.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order setting in motion the

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in a state executive order on Monday, even before President Trump had taken any presidential action to rename the body of water.

The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it has been for four centuries, or

House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts and More to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay ...