Swimming pools are fun. Cleaning swimming pools is not fun. I learned this simple logic as a kid growing up in and around pools—it’s the only way to survive summer in Houston. Four years ago, I became ...

President Donald Trump said vandals sabotaged the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool by slashing its blue lining with a knife. The administration has provided no evidence to back up the ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, told Snopes in an emailed statement that the original plan was to surround the pool with fences for the country's 250th ...

The U.S. Park Police is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a person captured on camera as part of an investigation into damage to the Reflecting Pool and the alleged destruction of ...

President Donald Trump has created a murky mess of unproven claims and provably false claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The New York Times reported Tuesday that internal government ...

Green water, floating liner chunks, and workers dumping jugs of hydrogen peroxide. These are the images that have characterized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the weeks since its reopening ...

In June 2026, an image circulated online purportedly showing a screenshot of The Trump Organization's online merchandise store selling pieces of peeling paint from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ...

President Donald Trump announced a project to transform the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April to address leaks and dirty water and paint the bottom "American Flag Blue". But now he's seeing ...

The United States Park Police have arrested multiple people for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Trump said Saturday, days after algae turned the water a ...

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President Donald Trump on Friday claimed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intentionally vandalized and said law enforcement is actively investigating, as the administration has scrambled to ...