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  "id": 3789377,
  "title": "Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3789377",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T18:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260828/trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america"
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, a change he said would take effect immediately. The order directs the Department of the Interior and Secretary Doug Burgum to make the change. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and borders the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York.\n\nAccording to reports, Prime Minister Mark Carney's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trade talks between the US and Canada had collapsed the previous week, with each side blaming the other for derailing three days of intensive negotiations.\n\nThis is not the first time Trump has renamed a body of water; according to the Jerusalem Post, he renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on January 20 last year. Trump has also made claims about Canada's tariffs on US farmers, stating they have been \"ripping off the US for decades\".",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3788425",
        "published": "2026-08-27T17:49:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3787955",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:22:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America as US-Canada trade talks collapse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-orders-lake-ontario-to-be-renamed-lake-america-as-us-canada",
        "published": "2026-08-27T19:12:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-orders-lake-ontario-renamed-lake-america",
        "published": "2026-08-27T19:21:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3817116",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:07:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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