US EditionTrump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer: Report
The Trump administration froze $16 billion for the Gateway Tunnel project, demanding renaming key transit hubs after Trump, risking 1,000 construction jobs, officials said.
- On Feb. 6, 2026, President Donald Trump reportedly offered last month to lift his hold on $16 billion for the Gateway tunnel if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to rename New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after him.
- Since last fall, the administration has blocked funding for the Gateway project and placed $18 billion in transit funding under review, citing objections to DEI spending.
- On Feb. 6, 2026, a federal judge held an emergency hearing as funding ran out Friday, construction halted, and about 1,000 workers faced layoffs; Schumer rejected renaming demands, saying he lacked authority.
- `These naming rights aren’t tradable as part of any negotiations, and neither is the dignity of New Yorkers`, Gillibrand said, criticizing the proposal on Thursday.
- Over the past year, critics say the funding holdup raises constitutional questions because Article 1 vests Congress with appropriation power, and some argue the administration's actions violate the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
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Donald Trump has frozen funding for a massive tunnel project in New York. As a condition for starting the work, the president wants an airport and an iconic train station to be named after him, according to sources in American media.
Schumer cries foul when Trump reveals Dem leader suggested renaming Penn Station after him · American Wire News
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) cried foul after President Donald J. Trump revealed that it was the New York City Democrat who suggested that Penn Station be renamed after him and not the other way around, as the media claimed. Outlets that serve as mouthpieces for the Democratic Party, including CNN, reported that Trump told Schumer that, in exchange for lifting a freeze on billions in federal funding for a New York infrastructure p…
H.R.691 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To designate the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the "Donald J. Trump International Airport".
Summary of H.R.691 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To designate the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the "Donald J. Trump International Airport".
Officials pressed Schumer to help name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has sought to pressure Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the minority leader, to help name New York’s Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after President Donald Trump in exchange for releasing billions of dollars he has frozen for a rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
Trump tied funding to naming of hubs
President Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer he would consider restoring funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project if lawmakers backed renaming at least two transit hubs after him, three sources confirmed to the New York Daily News.
‘Absolute lie’: Dem leader calls out Trump’s claim he suggested ‘Trump Station’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t waste any time firing back at President Donald Trump on Friday over claims that it was the New York Democrat who suggested renaming New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump. “Chuck Schumer suggested that to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station,” the MAGA leader reportedly said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One. But Schumer fiercely …
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