There’s no agreed-upon scheme to name boundaries and features shared by countries. And map lines are inherently political.

The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard purchased the vessel late ...

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...

1. “The Associated Press will refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its original name while acknowledging the name, Gulf of America. As a global news agency that disseminates news around the world, the AP ...

The earthquake was centered in Sola at a depth of 621.4 kilometers (about 386 miles). The USGS said it received zero reports ...

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...

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

A: At about 268,596 square miles, Texas has reigned as America’s largest state from the time it was admitted, as the twenty-eighth state, on December 29, 1845, to the time Alaska was admitted, as the ...

President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley.

The Alaska Travel Industry Association calls for balanced discussions on opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil ...

The Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential executive order targets many of the Biden administration's ...