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White House construction played part in Trump helicopter incident, safety officials say

Helipad relocation led in part to incident where Marine One, carrying the president, had close call with passenger jet Safety officials say the relocation of a helipad amid Donald Trump’s multi-project White House reconstruction led in part to an incident earlier this month in which a military helicopter carrying the president came too close to a passenger jet . A preliminary report published…

White House construction played part in Trump helicopter incident, safety officials say

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Trump Declares That Lake Ontario Is Now ‘Lake America’

Jackie Llanos and Jenna Monnin, reporting for NOTUS: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order meant to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” taking his apparent jab at Canada one…

  • President Trump signed executive order naming Lake Ontario as Lake America.
  • Move made during signing ceremony in Oval Office to jab Canada.
  • Trump suggested renaming Gulf of Mexico and potentially Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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