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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum doubled down on claims that vandals were responsible for damage to Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, rejecting the Justice Department’s assessment that faulty ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy ...

A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false. By Madaleine Rubin and David A. Fahrenthold Federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to ...

A D.C. judge has lambasted Donald Trump’s Justice Department goons over their efforts to blame someone else for the mess his administration has made of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Judge Todd ...

The lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool peeled away in at least seven places along seams that were created when the material was applied in large rectangular sections, indicating likely ...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be "back in service soon," President Donald Trump said, following extensive renovations that took a turn. President Donald Trump shared the development in a ...

President Donald Trump claimed to have found slashes the size of three football fields in his new-look Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Trump, 80, spent more than $14 million of public money to ...

President Donald Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained Monday to make repairs and that it “will be refilled and put back into service soon,” again claiming that vandals gashed ...

In the days after America's 250th birthday celebration at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2026, social media users shared a collection of photos purportedly showing trash bags and ...