The stakes are particularly high for Texas and other border states, where trade with Mexico is worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

The president's pledge to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico could see the prices of goods soar for U.S. consumers.

Commercial trucks head towards the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Pacific Highway Port of Entry from south Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo (Reuters) - As U.

Part of a legal description of a boundary line of Dixie County, for instance, says it goes "southerly down the thread of the main stream of said Suwannee River to the Gulf of Mexico; thence along said Gulf of Mexico, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the mouth of the Steinhatchee River."

President Trump's executive order renames the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, cast your vote on which name you prefer.

After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, the White House confirmed on Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.

U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening

Troops have assisted at the border before and will be limited to support roles unless the administration invokes the Insurrection Act.