Today on Earth, President Trump officially renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America.”

Two days ago, that was the closing joke in this series. Today it became an executive order.

At this rate, One Day on Earth is becoming predictive.

The order only changes the name for the United States government. Canada immediately rejected it, with Prime Minister Mark Carney declaring that it was Lake Ontario before either country existed and would remain Lake Ontario. New York Governor Kathy Hochul agreed.

A new Postal Service rule tightening mail-in voting requirements was allowed to take effect Wednesday. By Thursday night, a federal judge had blocked its central provisions.

Andrew and Tristan Tate appeared in federal court in Miami to fight extradition to Britain, where they are wanted on charges including rape, assault and facilitating trafficking. Andrew testified that “Top G” was a caricature, while Tristan said they were playing characters online to gain attention.

The legal defense of the world’s loudest alpha males is now that they were only kidding.

A federal investigation revealed that construction at the White House disrupted communications between air traffic controllers and Marine One before the president’s helicopter came dangerously close to a passenger jet earlier this month. Officials had discussed the same communication problem one week before the incident, and when the primary system failed, the backup plan failed too.

The most protected helicopter on Earth nearly met a passenger jet because the White House renovation had bad reception.

The Pentagon’s top policy official told NATO allies that Europe must begin taking the lead in defending Europe. President Trump then said he did not believe Vladimir Putin would ever attack NATO.

Hours earlier, Russia launched missiles and 258 drones at Ukraine, striking ports, grain storage facilities, energy infrastructure, industrial sites and residential areas. At least one person was killed and several others were injured.

In Nepal and Tibet, rescuers continued searching for nearly 1,000 people missing after catastrophic flooding tore through the Himalayan border region. Hundreds were confirmed dead, and newly formed lakes trapped behind walls of debris threatened to unleash another wave of flooding.

Nvidia shares jumped nearly seven percent after the company forecast revenue growth of roughly 70 percent for its next fiscal year, putting it on pace to gain almost $296 billion in market value in a single day.

NASA prepared to launch the nearly $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which scientists believe could discover as many as 100,000 planets.

Which feels less like astronomy and more like house hunting.

Three tropical storms formed across two oceans: Karina and Lowell in the Pacific, and Dolly in the Atlantic.

No, they did not name the storm after Dolly Parton. The universe just has terrible timing.

And tonight, Earth’s shadow will cover more than 96 percent of the Moon during a near-total lunar eclipse visible across much of the Americas.

That was one day on Earth.

See you tomorrow. If Canada hasn’t renamed New York “South Ontario” by then. 🌎