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National Park Service workers stand near a pump placed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump’s troubled revamp

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, left, listens as his attorney Norman Eisen, right, speaks after he pleaded not guilty to allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)

Former Olympian pleads not guilty to vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Workers install fireworks along the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the America 250 July 4th celebration on the National Mall, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Trump’s administration won’t seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

A worker clears debris from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum: Reflecting Pool repair involves ‘multiple gashes’ by vandals

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

American David Hearn fights through the rapids during his first run in the finals Monday, Sept. 18, 2000, at the whitewater Stadium in Penrith, Australia.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Olympic canoeist indicted in Reflecting Pool vandalism case

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Signs are posted on a chain link fence around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Friday, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

How a beloved, murky D.C. landmark became the most policed pool in America

By Steven Sloan - Associated Press

Kelsey Grammer arrives at the amfAR Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles on Oct. 29, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Kelsey Grammer says Reflecting Pool critics have been ‘consumed by hatred’

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

The Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool are seen, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump administration gives details about vandalism at the Reflecting Pool

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

National Guard members look at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Patrols and nanobubbles continue at the Reflecting Pool as Trump looks for a renovation do-over

By Nathan Ellgren and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Fill in the Reflecting Pool

Oklahoma City Police Department officers, deputized to assist with local law enforcement for events around the 250th anniversary of the U.S., patrol near the area where sections of blue coating have peeled up in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump vows to enforce law against vandalizing D.C. statues and fountains

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A visor takes a photo as National Park Service employees work to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Sunday, June 21, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick

Trump faces pile-on from the left over reflecting pool fiasco

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Visitors watch as National Park Service employees use vacuums to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says vandalism at Reflecting Pool will force drainage for ‘necessary repairs’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Members of the National Park Service clean algae from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says ‘vandalism’ caused Reflecting Pool’s paint peeling

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Members of the National Park Service work to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool of algae, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Blue coating is peeling off bottom of newly renovated Reflecting Pool

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Green algae floats on the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial, center, and the National WWII Memorial, not pictured, Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Red, white and green: Interior Dept. kicks off efforts to kill algae growth in Reflecting Pool

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Workers apply a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, May 8, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump denies awarding no-bid contract to firm that worked on his club’s swimming pool

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks ahead of Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during a campaign event in York, Pa, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Fetterman defends Trump’s reflecting pool costs, tells critics: ‘Get over the TDS’

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Workers coat the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in a blue swimming pool surface, covering up a decades-old granite surface, ahead of America 250, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, seen from the Washington Monument in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump reportedly awards no-bid contract to man who worked on his personal pool

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds a picture of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool gets a blue coating as Trump tackles renovation project

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press