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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America," escalating his feud with Canada days after first floating the threat.

"We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America," Trump said before signing the order.

A new column offers an intriguingly optimistic prediction about President Donald Trump's reaction to a potential Republican midterm wipeout.

The Bulwark's Andrew Egger argued the 80-year-old president is already bracing for a midterm defeat and will likely lash out at Republicans in Congress when it happens, pointing to his own social media activity as evidence.

As conservative media outlets see audience numbers drop precipitously, one network closely aligned with President Donald Trump is betting that reality TV and lifestyle programming can shore up its fortunes.

According to NBC News, Real America's Voice, home of Steve Bannon's "War Room," plans to expand into reality television, music and dating show programming — a slate of "MAGA-branded shows" inspired by channels like MTV — on the bet that its fiercely loyal audience will follow the brand wherever it goes.

Rather than lose viewers to competing entertainment channels, executives hope to keep them inside the network's ecosystem, said Parker Sigg, the company's vice president.

The Department of Justice has discussed using former attorney Michael Cohen – who has seemingly come crawling back – as a witness to build new criminal cases against President Donald Trump's legal adversaries, according to a new report.

Zeteo's Asawin Suebsaeng, who has a personal history with Cohen, the president's longtime personal attorney and fixer, reported that Trump administration officials are hoping to leverage his testimony to bring criminal prosecutions against New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg – both of whom successfully battled Trump in court.

A court hearing for Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) opened Wednesday on an unplanned contempt motion minutes after the Trump-endorsed Republican congressman confronted the ex-wife he allegedly abused in a courthouse hallway.

The hearing in Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court was scheduled to address a written request for a restraining order against Miller, according to News 5 Cleveland. Emily Moreno has accused Miller of abuse during their marriage, including holding a gun to her head, CNN reported. He denies it.

Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) is trying to salvage what is left of his reputation after sexual harassment allegations, even though he's already leaving Congress after the midterms.

According to NOTUS, the embattled congressman sent a 23-page letter to his colleagues defending himself after the House Ethics Committee found "substantial evidence" that he engaged in "persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers" — findings that led him to abandon his reelection bid while facing censure before he departs.

Donald Trump Jr. has insisted the family's businesses and his father's government don't mix, but a private appearance he made this spring tells a different story, according to The New York Times.

The president's son turned up in early March at a Republican attorneys general gathering and used a stage interview at the three-day affair at New Orleans' Ritz-Carlton with Montana's top prosecutor to work the officials directly, four people briefed on the exchange told the paper. He targeted a push by states to rein in prediction markets, the fast-growing betting sector his family holds a financial stake in.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure to nominate a new Army Secretary in the midst of a war with Iran, and he's reportedly considering his own Pentagon press secretary — a man who once dropped a Senate bid over accusations he choked his wife and abused their children.

According to The Hill, Sean Parnell could be tabbed for the high-pressure job.

Republicans are growing anxious that President Donald Trump's first midterm convention, set for Dallas in two weeks, could turn into a costly flop rather than the voter turnout machine the party is counting on.

The two-day event, scheduled for Sept. 9-10 at the American Airlines Center, will feature Vice President JD Vance headlining the first night and Trump dominating the second, according to CNN. Organized by the Republican National Committee, the gathering — dubbed "Trumpapalooza" by critics — is meant to showcase the administration's accomplishments, energize the GOP base and cast Democrats as "socialists" ahead of November.

Republican candidates, already facing an uphill battle because of President Donald Trump's unpopularity, are about to face new headwinds due to his self-absorption.

According to MS NOW's Zeeshan Aleem, a report from The Atlantic that Trump plans to spend millions of his hoarded MAGA dollars on an ad campaign promoting his record is the last thing GOP candidates need.

Greg Bovino, the former Border Patrol commander who led President Donald Trump's mass deportation raids, accused senior administration officials of pulling his security detail because "they want me dead."

Bovino made the accusation in an interview with Tucker Carlson released Wednesday. He retired at the end of March, months after being removed as commander-at-large.

A Republican pollster warned that women are abandoning her party at a historic rate ahead of the midterms, with Democrats now leading by 18 points among them.

Christine Matthews, a pollster at Bellwether Research and Consulting, surveyed 1,604 women from Aug. 21-22 and shared the results first with Politico.

The Supreme Court just cleared the way for the Postal Service to screen voters' eligibility before mailing out ballots — but one longtime postal official is undercutting the administration's demand that they can make it happen before the midterms.

According to NOTUS, the Court this week temporarily allowed USPS to move forward with a plan, based on a Trump executive order, requiring states to submit lists of eligible voters so the Postal Service can block ballots from going to anyone not on the list. The rule still faces legal challenges, but USPS "must now bring thousands of state and local election offices up to speed" before some states start mailing ballots as early as September.