A day after Donald Trump threatened to hold up a deal for a new football stadium in the nation's capital if the Washington Commanders did not go back to the name Redskins, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president's comments were not a joke.

The D.C. Council is set to vote Aug. 1 on revised legislation that could allow the Washington Commanders to return to the site of their former home at RFK Stadium, Chairman Phil Mendelson announced Thursday, describing the updated proposal as a win for the city and its residents.

Trump demanded that the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians revert to their old names in a series of posts on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Washingtonians reacting to Donald Trump's call for the Commanders to change their name back to Redskins are not putting much stock into the president's opinion on the matter.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith sounded off on Donald Trump, saying he believes the president is using the Washington Commanders name change drama to distract from the Epstein Files.

Scott Turner, the HUD secretary and former Washington Redskins defensive back, backed President Donald Trump's push to change the Commanders' nickname.

Un día después de que Donald Trump amenazara con bloquear un acuerdo para un nuevo estadio de fútbol en la capital del país si los