Overview
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump raised the idea of putting his name on New York’s Penn Station and Washington Dulles during a conversation with Sen. Chuck Schumer.
- Trump previously claimed Schumer suggested the renamings, a version the senator rejected as an “absolute lie.”
- U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas ordered Gateway reimbursements released, then temporarily stayed her ruling through Thursday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m., to allow the government to appeal to the Second Circuit.
- Construction remains halted after project credit lines were exhausted and the U.S. Department of Transportation froze payments since October, sidelining roughly 1,000 workers and raising commuter and economic concerns.
- New York, New Jersey, and the Gateway Development Commission have sued to restore funding, with the appeals process underway and a separate Court of Federal Claims hearing scheduled for March 12.