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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben
Published August 28, 2026 at 6:56 AM EDT

President Trump has signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America."

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Danielle Kurtzleben
Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows. 
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