Overview

• Mexico filed a lawsuit against Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America' on U.S. Google Maps, citing jurisdictional overreach.
• The U.S. House narrowly passed H.R. 276, the Gulf of America Act, codifying Trump's executive order into federal law and directing federal agencies to implement the name change within 180 days.
• The Senate has yet to take up the bill, where its passage is uncertain, requiring support from at least seven Democratic senators to overcome a filibuster.
• Public polling shows strong opposition to the renaming, with 67% of Americans, including 36% of Republicans, against the change, and search data indicates low adoption of the new name.
• The Associated Press faced restricted White House access for refusing to use the new name, though a federal judge recently restored their access on First Amendment grounds.