In fact, there is precedent for a U.S. president renaming a geographical feature. In 2015, President Barack Obama used his executive powers through the Department of Interior to rename Mount ...

President Barack Obama, with Alabama Gov. Bob Riley at his side, said Gulf of Mexico seafood was safe and he was taking steps to make sure it stayed that way. Dave Martin/FR159046 AP hide caption ...

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a reminder that the economy, which is showing signs of recovery two years after the recession, can ...

If President Barack Obama was feeling effusive about anything Thursday, ... And of the news that BP had finally capped the gusher of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after three months of trying ...

That’s the quip from former Barack Obama staffer Dan Pfeiffer in reaction to Trump saying Tuesday he’ll move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said ...

Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, ... President Barack Obama renamed Mt. McKinley in 2015 to Denali.

Matthew Hinton/The Times-PicayunePresident Barack Obama says goodbye to U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen at Louis Armstrong International Airport after touring the coast of Louisiana Friday.

For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the Gulf of Mexico. But in a matter of weeks, President Donald Trump and ...

The body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico has now ... but that name wasn't used by federal officials until President Barack Obama aligned it in 2015. Trump called Obama's ...

The peak was first named McKinley in 1896. Then-President Barack Obama changed the name to Denali to a local Native American name. It means "the High One" in Athabascan. William McKinley was a ...

In fact, there is precedent for a U.S. president renaming a geographical feature. In 2015, President Barack Obama used his ...