Trump hails Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool work
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The pool, set to reopen this weekend, illustrates how he has bulldozed through regulations, process and long-held norms to impose his will as he remakes Washington.
As Trump is charging forward with overhauling the Reflecting Pool, controversy and derision have intensified, bringing a lawsuit that threatens to stop the project mid-paint job, potentially leaving the 2,800-foot pool on the National Mall only partially painted in the blue color he chose. That court fight is coming to a head this week, when a judge will decide whether to issue an injunction ...
WASHINGTON — For a century, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has captured Washington’s history, a vast mirror for moments great and small. Then, this spring, President Donald Trump said he decided to paint it blue and steered a government contract ...
A nonprofit is suing the Trump administration, claiming that the refurbishment of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool violates federal law. The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior on May 11 ...