The pool is being resurfaced in a shade more akin to that of a swimming pool. It's one of many physical changes Trump is planning for the nation's capital.

It has been one week since President Donald Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool bottom will be colored to become “American flag blue” and crews have been working on changing the hue. While announcing the project last week, Trump said the ...

A nonprofit group is suing to block the Trump administration's blue resurfacing of the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Donald Trump shared photos of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on May 16 amid his ongoing renovation. The update comes after a nonprofit sued, claiming the Trump-ordered blue paint job alters the pool's historic character and violates preservation laws.

A cultural nonprofit sued the Trump administration on Monday in an effort to block its ongoing repainting of the reflecting pool on the National Mall to make it “American Flag Blue.”In papers filed in federal court in Washington,

By altering the historical character of the Reflecting Pool without engaging in a process of consultation as required by the National Historic Preservation Act, the federal agencies violated the law,

Full pool renovations were estimated to cost $300m and take years. Trump said he found "a better way of doing it" that would only cost $1.5m to $2m.