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  "id": 4446587,
  "title": "Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario 'Lake America' for Americans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/google-maps-has-renamed-lake-ontario-lake-america-for-americans",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-30T14:47:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/google-maps-lake-ontario-lake-america-trump-canada-trade-war-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Maps has updated its map to reflect a name change for Lake Ontario, now calling it \"Lake America.\" This change was made after the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) made the same update to its official database of place names. The rebranding was announced by President Donald Trump through an executive order, aiming to honor what he perceived as American greatness. Canadian officials have rejected the new name, maintaining the traditional \"Lake Ontario.\" While Google Maps will display \"Lake America\" for US users, Canadian users will still see the traditional name, and users from other parts of the world will see both names. Apple Maps, however, continues to list the lake as \"Lake Ontario.\"",
  "summary": "Google said it made the switch after the US Geographic Names Information System, the federal government's database of place names, did the same.",
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    "outlets": 7,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Dispute with Canada: Trump orders renaming of Lake Ontario to \"Lake America\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/streit-mit-kanada-trump-verfugt-umbenennung-von-lake-ontario-in-lake",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:02:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Scoop: Democrats plan bill to counter Trump order renaming Lake Ontario to \"Lake America\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/scoop-democrats-plan-bill-to-counter-trump-order-renaming-lake",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:20:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Donald Trump announces Lake Ontario to become Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/donald-trump-announces-lake-ontario-to-become-lake-america",
        "published": "2026-08-27T22:29:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Donald Trump announces Lake Ontario to become Lake America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/donald-trump-announces-lake-ontario-to-become-lake-america-3834663",
        "published": "2026-08-27T22:29:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Dingell plans legislation to void Trump's Lake Ontario renaming",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/dingell-plans-legislation-to-void-trumps-lake-ontario-renaming",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:48:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Mark Carney says Lake Ontario’s historic name will remain as is, ‘then, now, and always’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/mark-carney-says-lake-ontarios-historic-name-will-remain-as-is-then",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:07:25.000Z"
      }
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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."
}