The buzz around the Washington Commanders has hit an unexpected twist that feels straight out of a sports drama. The team, coming off a strong offseason with headline signings and trades, is looking toward a massive new stadium project on the old RFK site in Washington,

Washington’s NFL franchise used to be in the news all the time for reasons other than football. That seemed to have changed under new team ownership, but President Donald Trump’s remarks about the team name and possibly holding up a stadium deal are making waves just as training camp opens.

President Donald Trump expressed unprompted displeasure at the name of the NFL’s Washington Commanders on Sunday. He threatened to pull the team’s stadium deal in Washington, D.C., if they don’t change it back to the Washington Redskins.

President Trump has reignited the debate over the Washington Commanders team name, the latest example of the president using sports in his second term to expand his influence and impact on culture. Trump upended what appeared to be a settled issue when he threatened to use the power of the presidency to hold up

President Trump’s call for the Commanders to readopt their Redskins nickname is dialing up a familiar play: turning the NFL into a political football by using sports, and Washington’s NFL team, as a cultural wedge issue.

President Trump can't unilaterally block a stadium deal for the Washington Commanders to return to DC. But he has ways he can try to intervene.

With final passage of the deal by the D.C. Council potentially just weeks away, President Donald Trump is injecting himself into a D.C. matter where he has no formal role.

Donald Trump isn't done with his threats to the Washington Commanders and their new ownership. In a follow-up to Sunday morning's Truth Social post calling for the franchise to return to its "Redskins" nickname immediately,

President Donald Trump may be all on board for having the Washington Commanders revert their team name, but the D.C. mayor and the team's GM are paying him no mind.