As the Interior secretary, the former governor directed staff to change the body of water to the Gulf of America.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has played a key role in renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

The announcement came as President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota ... producing states like Wyoming and New Mexico and in the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump has said is now ...

The snow-capped Mount Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain in North America at an elevation of 6,190 metres (20,308 feet). The Gulf of Mexico has had its name for about 400 years. In his book ...

A woman in Washington, D.C., may call it one thing. A guy living off a main square in Mexico City might call it another. But a tug of war over referring to the immense body of water off the coast ...

In brief: Mexico is not happy about Google changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ... Sheinbaum remarked that Google should rename North America to "América Mexicana," or "Mexican ...

That seemed to be a reference to her suggestion of renaming North America as “América Mexicana.” “For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of ...

Trump also changed the name of the tallest mountain in North America – a peak ... but would continue referring to the Gulf as the "Gulf of Mexico." It noted the mountain lies solely in the ...