White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt contradicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, stating that Trump had floated the idea of renaming New York's Penn Station and Washington, D.C.'s Dulles Airport after himself. This statement directly countered Trump's earlier assertion that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had suggested renaming Penn Station to "Trump Station."
According to Time, Leavitt said, "About renaming, why not? It is something the President floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer." This contradicts Trump's account from Friday, where he claimed Schumer had proposed the name change as part of a deal to unfreeze federal funding for the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel project.
In other news, the FBI released documents alleging that former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter claimed Trump knew about Jeffrey Epstein's behavior and had kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago, according to NPR News. Simultaneously, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department released surveillance footage of a masked, armed individual tampering with cameras at the home of missing mother Nancy Guthrie, prompting a public plea for assistance from her daughter.
Meanwhile, Trump's proposed "Buy American" mandate for EV chargers, requiring 100% US-made components, could severely hinder the expansion of the national EV charging infrastructure, according to The Verge. This policy shift, potentially intended to stall the build-out, clashes with current industry practices and may stifle investment in electric vehicle charging stations.
Other developments include NATO transferring leadership of some Joint Force Commands to European allies, reflecting a shift towards shared defense responsibility, as reported by Vox. Additionally, a "QuitGPT" movement is growing as users cancel ChatGPT subscriptions due to concerns about political ties and performance issues, according to Vox.
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