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Google Maps switches to “Lake America” as Canada compares change to “SNL” skit  Axios Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’: Who gets to decide what goes on maps?  PBS Google Maps Changes ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. Users  Time Magazine Trump’s naming game expands to buildings, ships, money and more  USA Today How the GNIS Lake Ontario/Lake America…

Canada’s Ford Likens Trump’s Actions to Saturday Night Live Skit  Yahoo Finance The US-Canada trade war in 5 charts  BBC Trump Is Copying Putin’s Losing Playbook With Canada  Bloomberg.com Canada’s tariffs target certain U.S. states. See which regions are most vulnerable.  CBS News What new tariff walls in U.S.-Canada trade war mean for the economy’s critical metals  CNBC

Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez defends ‘endless’ benefits of her oil deal with Trump  The Guardian Trump just brokered a deal with the country sitting atop the world’s largest oil reserves  Fox News Trump’s Venezuela oil deal: What it means for global crude markets  Euronews.com Trump says US will refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve using Venezuelan oil  Reuters Venezuela’s interim president says…

Cleanup of Rotting Food at L.A. Warehouse Took Too Long, Residents Say  The New York Times Simi Valley neighbors complain about foul odors from landfill receiving Boyle Heights warehouse waste  ABC7 Los Angeles Millions of pounds of rotting food have finally been removed from burned warehouse in Boyle Heights  Los Angeles Times PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Boyle Heights resident call…

ICE deports Afghans and others to Africa, expanding “third country” deportations  CBS News Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic  NPR US deports relative of Afghans who aided military to Africa  Al Jazeera ICE Gestapo expands deportation flights to third countries in Africa  World Socialist Web Site Relative of Afghans Who Helped…

Venezuela’s Maduro shares first photos from US detention  Al Jazeera Nicolás Maduro flashes peace signs in first prison photos since US capture in Caracas  Fox News Venezuela’s Maduro Resurfaces on Social Media Amid US Oil Deal  Bloomberg.com ‘Standing Firm’: Ex-Venezuela President Maduro Shares Photo From US Jail  NDTV Maduro sends peace and love in first prison photos after US…

Trump threatens NBC journalist with ‘rebuke or punishment’ from FCC  Euronews.com Trump says NBC’s Kristen ‌Welker should face ‘punishment’ from FCC  The Guardian Trump criticizes NBC over election comment as Treasury denies some NYT, WSJ and Bloomberg reporters G20 credentials  CNBC Trump calls for NBC’s Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC | CNN Politics  CNN…

Strait of Hormuz traffic remains below normal as US sanctions pressure Iran  Fox News Iran’s oil exports near zero as Persian Gulf flows recover  Iran International U.S. Navy blockade slashes Iran oil exports as Trump administration shifts to economic warfare  CNBC Embattled Iranian president admits crippling US sanctions suffocating Tehran: ‘We are in a war situation’  New York Post…

Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right critic of U.S. immigration, is deported from U.S.  NPR British far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE  The Washington Post Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by ICE  NBC News Milo Yiannopoulos deported after ICE arrest and detention at major Louisiana removal hub  Fox News US arrests far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos  DW.com

What we know about Trump’s deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela  AP News ‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover  The New York Times Venezuela’s interim president says US energy deal will last 25 years  Reuters Trump’s Oil Deal Riles Both Sides of Venezuelan Political Divide  Bloomberg.com Venezuela says it…

Live updates: Death toll rises and thousands still missing in Nepal and China after catastrophic floods  CNN Nepal-China flooding latest: Rescuers search for missing workers in hydropower tunnels  CNN Nepal-Tibet death toll rises amid new flood fears and race to free group trapped in tunnel  The Guardian China censors videos showing deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border  BBC…

Why Syracuse Can’t Attract the Students It Needs to Pay the Bills  WSJ

Thousands face days without power as San Antonio clears storm damage, residents seek relief  Texas Public Radio | TPR City, CPS Energy Share Joint Storm Recovery Efforts  City of San Antonio (.gov) Storm damage leaves West Side neighbors in the dark, hoping power restored soon  KSAT ‘They took a real bad hit.’ | San Antonio residents begin cleanup…

Ontario’s Doug Ford prods Trump with sign rejecting ‘Lake America’ name  Al Jazeera Opinion | Trump’s push to rename Lake Ontario raises a troubling question  The Washington Post Ontario premier slams Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Seneca Nation calls for reversal  CBS News Donald Trump supporters reportedly threaten to ‘boycott’ NFL  Yahoo Sports Trump’s naming game…