Among the first executive orders set to be signed by President Donald Trump will be an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America." The plan will be enacted "a short time from now," Trump said during his inaugural address at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

More than 170 million people across the United States, from the Mexican border to the Canadian border are under cold weather alerts ahead of a crippling winter storm expected to sweep through the south from Texas to Georgia,

Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in a state executive order on Monday, even before President Trump had taken any presidential action to rename the body of water.

President Trump said he will sign executive orders to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

And that’s not the only geographic name change Trump has in mind. He wants to rename the mountain in south-central Alaska now known as Mount Denali to “Mount McKinley.” The mountain was named after William McKinley, America’s 25th President, for decades. President Barack Obama changed the mountain’s name to “Mount Denali” in 2015.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in an executive order Monday addressing a winter weather weather system moving into parts of the Sunshine State this week.

One of President Donald Trump's first executive orders will be to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, according to news reports on Monday. At a news conference at Mar-a-lago in January, Trump said the name change is "appropriate." "We're going to change (it), because we do most of the work there, and it's ours," he said.

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. In his inaugural address, he promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. What is the Gulf of Mexico and its significance?

Arctic blast forces school closures as southern Wisconsin faces dangerous wind chills, with officials warning of rapid frostbite risk

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.