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Welcome back. In the news today: Trump signs an order renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in the U.S.; a judge questions the Kennedy Center’s plan to restore Trump’s name; and how the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped. Also, our gardening expert shares which plants add a burst of color to gardens when summer flowers dry up and fade.
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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow along, however. Read more.
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- The president has been floating the idea of the name change in recent days as the U.S. announced it was imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods over the weekend after talks between the countries broke down. Canadian officials dismissed Trump's move. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the move, invoking the lake’s Indigenous roots and noting that the name predates both the Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
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Judge questions why Kennedy Center is moving so quickly to return Trump’s name to building
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During a Thursday hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper asked why the center needed to begin inscribing the president’s name on the institution's facade as soon as Sept. 8. Read more.
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President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term reshaping Washington to his liking. The Kennedy Center is a rare stumbling block in that effort after Cooper ruled in May that Trump’s name was added to the building illegally, ordering it to be removed. Trump and his allies, however, have refused to let that be the final word.
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Six months on, the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped
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When they attacked Iran on Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel hoped to topple its clerical leadership and replace it with a pro-Western government. But the Islamic Republic survived the assassination of its top leaders and weeks of heavy bombing, and found a potent form of leverage in the Strait of Hormuz. Read more.
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Iran is now determined to exert permanent control over the strait, to use it to ward off future attacks and secure other concessions, while giving no ground on its disputed nuclear program. Meanwhile Gulf Arab nations saw worrying gaps open up in the American security umbrella they have relied on for decades — and some are looking at alternatives. Israel has once again thrashed its enemies without defeating them, and is at risk of a generational rupture with the U.S., its closest ally.
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Various Sedum Autumn Joy on Long Island, N.Y. The plant’s flowers emerge green in spring, gradually take on a pinkish hue that darkens as summer progresses, then turn a seasonally appropriate maroon in fall. (Jessica Damiano via AP)
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Revive your garden and planters with colorful fall flowers
By late summer, many planters and garden beds are looking a little tired. Our gardening writer Jessica Damiano shares some of her favorite plants for keeping gardens vibrant into the fall, including pansies and Sedum Autumn Joy (the latter you can see in the image above). My favorites are the bright orange chrysanthemums. Read all of Damiano’s tips for refreshing your garden here.
That’s all from me this week. I’m off on vacation for the next few days, hoping to make the most of the last days of summer. My colleagues will keep the newsletter going until I’m back Thursday. See you soon.
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