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  "id": 3792417,
  "title": "Trump signs order changing Lake Ontario's name 'effective immediately'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-changing-lake-ontarios-name-effective-immediately",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T17:50:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6055425-lake-america-executive-order/"
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  "summary": "President Trump signed an executive order Thursday formally changing the name of Lake Ontario to \"Lake America\" amid the U.S. trade war with Canada. “We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump told reporters before he signed an executive order renaming the body of water. Beside Trump...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order for U.S. to call Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-executive-order-for-u-s-to-call-lake-ontario-as-lake",
        "published": "2026-08-27T17:47:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-executive-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america",
        "published": "2026-08-27T17:58:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "National Post",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-executive-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3794622",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:16:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-order-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-in-the-united",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Who gets to name a lake? What to know about Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/who-gets-to-name-a-lake-what-to-know-about-trumps-renaming-of-lake",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:25:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order changing name of Lake Ontario to Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/trump-signs-executive-order-changing-name-of-lake-ontario-to-lake",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:31:41.000Z"
      }
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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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