{
  "id": 4660215,
  "title": "Trump wants Apple to follow Google Maps and rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-wants-apple-to-follow-google-maps-and-rename-lake-ontario-lake",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:07:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/trump-wants-apple-to-follow-google-maps-and-rename-lake-ontario-lake-america-11788185630455.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump has directly approached Apple in his bid to rename Lake Ontario as \"Lake America\", with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggesting the tech giant could soon implement the change on its mapping service. This development follows Trump's formal directive to rename the lake in US federal databases, adding to the growing tensions between Washington and Ottawa. In an interview on Fox Business Mornings with Maria, Burgum stated that \"We may be seeing that change coming up soon to Lake America.\" Apple has not yet commented on the matter.",
  "summary": "Donald Trump has reportedly asked Apple to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ on its maps, while Google Maps has already adopted the name for users in the US.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Apple may change ’Lake Ontario’ to ’Lake America’ soon after talk with Trump, U.S. Interior Secretary says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/apple-may-change-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-soon-after-talk-with",
        "published": "2026-08-31T12:55:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Brazil’s China borrowing, Trump accuses 9 Latam countries: 7 Latin America relations reads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/brazils-china-borrowing-trump-accuses-9-latam-countries-7-latin",
        "published": "2026-08-31T14:00:13.000Z"
      }
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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."
}