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US geographic naming controversy since 2025
The Gulf of Mexico became the center of a geographical naming dispute in the United States when U.S. president Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14172 directing U.S. federal agencies to refer to it as the "Gulf of America". Issued on the day of his second inauguration, the executive order only requires the U.S. executive branch to use this nomenclature, although major online map platforms and some U.S.-based media outlets have voluntarily made the change.
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Region of the US bordering the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, and these are known as the Gulf States.
More on Wikipedia ↗Conditions are now rapidly deteriorating along the Gulf Coast. Isaias will drive surge and spread rain, winds into the Southeast.
Isaias is expected to make landfall Friday night as a dangerous hurricane along the northern Gulf Coast.
Tropical Storm Isaias has formed off eastern Mexico. Forecasters say it's expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.