All posts tagged "Gulf Of Mexico"

A federal judge pressed a Trump administration official Monday in an appeal case involving The Associated Press refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

AP sued the government after it banned its journalists from covering events at the White House, and in a new circuit court panel in Washington, D.C., a Trump official responded to questions from a judge about who can visit the White House, The Washington Post reported.

Jacob M. Roth, the Justice Department's attorney, said the president can use "broad discretion to pick whom he wants to invite into the Oval Office and onto Air Force One."
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s agenda seems stalled on Capitol Hill, so House Republican leaders are taking aim at the Gulf of Mexico instead.

On Thursday, the House will vote on the Gulf of America Act, a measure to formalize Trump’s controversial desire for a name change that's been sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right firebrand from Georgia.

Introducing the bill in January, Greene said: “The American people are footing the bill to protect and secure the maritime waterways for commerce to be conducted. Our U.S. armed forces protect the area from any military threats from foreign countries....

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton couldn't help but laugh when Donald Trump said that he was signing an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Trump made the vow during his inaugural address inside the Capitol on Monday.

"America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth inspiring the awe, admiration of the entire world" Trump said during his inauguration speech. "A short time from now, we will be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and we will be restoring the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs." ...

Scientists on Sunday said that methane which leaked from the 2010 oil-rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico persisted in the sea for months beyond a presumed cleanup of the gas by marine microbes.

BP's lawyers will fight attempts to fine the oil giant up to $18 billion (£11.1bn) over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, when a new trial opens in New Orleans on Monday.

Tropical Storm Ingrid formed off Mexico's eastern coast on Friday, threatening to trigger floods and landslides in mountain regions, forecasters said.