Politics
The U.S. Navy is reportedly discussing renaming the aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller after President Trump instead of keeping it named for Doris Miller, a Black sailor honored for heroism who received the Navy Cross, the Navy's second-highest honor. The reported plan has drawn backlash, including criticism from NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who called it a slap in the face.
NBC News and The Guardian frame the story around the Navy's alleged plan itself, emphasizing Doris Miller's heroism and historic significance as the first Black Medal of Honor-under-consideration sailor, and frame the move as a broader 'backlash' against the Trump administration, with NBC providing extensive procedural and biographical detail.
The Hill frames the story primarily around NAACP President Derrick Johnson's reaction, centering the criticism and characterizing it as a 'slap in the face' claim from a civil rights leader, with less detail on Doris Miller's biography or the mechanics of ship-naming.
No right-of-center outlet in our set has published this story.