{
  "id": 4722830,
  "title": "Trump pushes Apple to change ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ on its maps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-pushes-apple-to-change-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-on-its-maps-4722830",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:16:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/trump-pushes-apple-to-change-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-on-its-maps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump has instructed Apple to alter the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on its Maps platform, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The change is intended to adhere to an executive order Trump issued earlier this week, which tasked Burgum with implementing the name change across the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the official US government map database. Google has already begun displaying the name Lake America for its US-based users, while those in Canada will continue to see Lake Ontario. Other map services, such as MapQuest, have refused to make the change, while others are working to correct the error.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has asked tech firm Apple to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps platform to comply with his executive order changing the name of the Great Lake, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said. Burgum told Fox News on Monday that “the president has reached out to Apple directly”, adding: [...] The post Trump pushes Apple to change ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ on…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/rising-lake-baringo-pushes-crocodiles-into-homes-as-kws-steps-in-to",
        "published": "2026-08-31T13:44:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Trump pushes Apple to change 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' on its maps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-pushes-apple-to-change-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-on-its-maps",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:00:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Trump contacted Apple to change name of Lake Ontario to Lake America: Burgum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-contacted-apple-to-change-name-of-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-4667016",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:13:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Trump contacted Apple to change name of Lake Ontario to Lake America: Burgum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-contacted-apple-to-change-name-of-lake-ontario-to-lake-america",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:13:07.000Z"
      }
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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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