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AP Stylebook update: Denali is now Mount McKinley but the Gulf of America is still the Gulf of Mexico
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 ...
Gulf of America? Trump’s changes leave mapmakers wondering what to do
Harrisburg renamed its Market Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard and then switched back to Market Street several years ...
Mapmakers are lost as Donald Trump renames the world: ‘Gulf of what?’
While these changes are largely symbolic, they’ve prompted mapmakers and educators to reconsider established labels. Florida ...
US Coast Guard starts using ‘Gulf of America’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Trump’s former 2024 primary rival, became one of the first public officials to use the term ...
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US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...
DeSantis faces rare showdown with GOP legislative leaders over immigration special session
After calling a special session, set to begin Monday, DeSantis could get a stern rebuke from his GOP colleagues.
DeSantis proposals would derail Florida citizen initiatives. What will lawmakers do?
Voters' ability to advance future changes opposed or disregarded by state lawmakers could soon be eliminated — if Gov. Ron ...
DeSantis launches pressure campaign to get lawmakers to quickly pass immigration laws
The Legislature’s resistance harkens back to a time in which lawmakers regularly pushed back against the governor.