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.

President Trump isn't kidding around with his new threat to the NFL's Washington Commanders, the White House says.

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.

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.

Residents had some strong opinions about President Donald Trump's most-recent insertion into the Washington Commanders' attempt to return to D.C.

President Donald Trump’s social media posts about the NFL’s Washington Commanders and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians going back to their old names has revived the conversation about Native American imagery in sports.

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

Cleveland's president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said the club has had the chance to build its brand as the Guardians for the last four years.