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President Donald Trump posted images on Truth Social suggesting New Mexico be renamed 'New America,' prompting immediate backlash from state Democratic leaders. While the White House re-shared the posts, legal experts note that changing a state's name requires a constitutional amendment, not executive action. The move follows recent renaming of Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico.
President Donald Trump posted a map on Truth Social showing New Mexico renamed as 'New America,' drawing immediate condemnation from state leaders. The move follows a series of geographic renaming actions, including the executive order changing Lake Ontario to Lake America. While the post lacks legal force, it has intensified political friction between the White House and New Mexico officials.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority have announced plans to rename Nashville International Airport (BNA) after country music icon Dolly Parton. The proposal follows Parton's death on August 25, 2026, at age 80, and a Change.org petition that has gathered over 169,000 signatures. A decision is expected at a September 17 meeting, though a 2010 policy requiring a two-year waiting period after death may complicate the timeline.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport officials announced a plan to rename the airport in honor of Dolly Parton following her death. The proposal follows a surge in public support, with a petition reaching nearly 80,000 signatures. Parton’s representatives expressed appreciation for the gesture and openness to further discussions. The Metro Nashville Airport Authority is scheduled to review the proposal and its naming policies on September 17.
Following Dolly Parton’s death on August 25, 2026, at age 80, a proposal to rename Nashville International Airport (BNA) to Dolly Parton International Airport gained significant political momentum. A Change.org petition, launched in January 2025, surged past 150,000 signatures by late August. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and local lawmakers, including Metro Councilmember Russ Bradford and State Representative Todd Warner, publicly supported the change. The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is scheduled to address the proposal on September 17, though a 2010 policy requires a two-year waiting period after a person’s death and FAA approval.
The U.S. Navy is weighing a renaming plan for the Ford-class carrier CVN-81, originally set to honor Black Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, with internal discussions hinting at renaming the ship after President Donald Trump—an unprecedented move for a sitting president. The Navy is also considering honoring Miller on a different warship and pursuing the Medal of Honor for Miller, though Congress must authorize the award. The keel-laying ceremony is approaching later this year, and the ship isn’t expected to be delivered until 2034, amid broader reviews of how ships are named.
The Kennedy Center board voted to append “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump” to the center’s formal name, two months after a federal judge ordered removal and said any renaming requires congressional approval. Critics, including Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, view the move as an attempt to skirt the court ruling, while the board also approved a two-year renovation closure that had been blocked by the court.
The Kennedy Center board voted to restore President Trump’s name at the venue—adding an inscription and renaming the site as the President Donald J. Trump Plaza—an action that appears to challenge a May federal judge ruling that only Congress could rename the center; the administration has appealed. The move comes alongside a two-year renovation plan for the main building with a $24.7 million upgrade, while programming may move to the REACH, and has drawn criticism from Rep. Joyce Beatty for circumventing court rulings and statutes.
A Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted to inscribe Donald J. Trump’s name on the building and to close the main center for two years for renovations, despite a judge’s ruling blocking the renaming; the plan would move operations to the REACH building and shift major events offsite, drawing criticism from lawmakers and legal challenges ahead.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged Congress to authorize renaming New York’s Penn Station after Donald Trump as Amtrak advances an roughly $8 billion rebuild, outlining funding requests (including $1 billion to start, a property-tax financing option, and a higher loan cap) and stirring opposition from lawmakers who say taxpayers shouldn’t fund a vanity project.
A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to remove President Trump’s name from the building, signage, and website. Crews completed the removal in line with the order, after the center argued that the change could affect donations and bylaws-related funding. The appeals court denied a pause, and the case highlighted who has authority to rename the venue and how fundraising was tied to the name.
A D.C. Circuit panel denied the Kennedy Center’s bid for an emergency stay to keep Donald Trump’s name on the building’s facade, allowing Judge Cooper’s order to remove the name by the deadline to stand; the center will pursue further appeal with briefing later this month, arguing that removal could harm fundraising and confuse the public.
A Washington, DC appeals court denied an emergency bid by the Kennedy Center and Donald Trump to pause the removal of Trump’s name from the center’s façade, upholding a judge’s ruling that the name was unlawfully added. The decision leaves in place ordering the center to remove the name, directs branding to reflect the center’s formal name, and temporarily blocks the planned renovations, despite opposition from the center’s leadership and Trump allies.
A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s bid to stay a May 29 order mandating the removal of President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center facade, meaning the center cannot remain renamed the Trump Kennedy Center while appeals are pursued. Judge Christopher Cooper said the defendants failed to show they’re likely to win on the merits and that a stay wouldn’t serve the public interest. The D.C. Circuit has not yet ruled on a stay, and Rep. Joyce Beatty’s lawsuit argues Congress alone can change the center’s name, which is preserved by the Kennedy Center’s organic statute.
A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to remove Donald Trump's name by Friday, prompting scaffolding and the launch of a live-stream camera by a group opposed to the branding; the ruling found Congress has authority to rename the center, reversing the center's unilateral designation as the Trump Kennedy Center.