The same company that painted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “American flag blue” will be hired to repair damage from what President Donald Trump has called an act of “vandalism,” according to ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's attempts to blame a sea of reflecting pool troubles on D.C. vandals instead of D.C.

An analysis by USA TODAY found that the government had already committed $8.5 million to fix the pool even though Trump said ...

Visitors have said that the pool looks "absolutely beautiful" in the last day.

Democrats say they want answers on the use of no-bid contracts and whether the contractors' work contributed to an algae ...

President Donald Trump says six people have been arrested over recent damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

On June 9, the pool was refilled after renovations were complete. Days later, the pool turned green from algae. On June 16, USA TODAY confirmed the green color was still there, and workers were ...

Trump’s effort to renovate the pool on the National Mall ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary has hit another snag.

The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is changing colors. First it was refinished in a punchy shade of navy that President Trump has called “American-flag blue ...

A June 2026 video authentically shows a Fox News reporter calling the green, algae-infested water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool the color blue. In short, this rumor was not true. While the ...

Green algae have proliferated amid warm weather after Lincoln Memorial pool renovation turning water green Donald Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US ...

The Trump administration has spent millions renovating the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall to make it “American flag blue” in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Subscribe to ...