Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026, in which he emerged as ...

The Trump administration has increasingly blamed vandalism for problems at the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool—alleging that individuals used chemicals and even cut a “350-foot” gash ...

Workers on the National Mall, desperate to turn the Reflecting Pool to President Trump’s preferred shade of blue, poured jug after jug of hydrogen peroxide into the water yesterday morning. As they ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned an unexpected shade of ...

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 one thing that Washington, D.C., has always had going for it is its beauty. The people who run America from this town have always been an unsightly bunch, but they’ve done their nasty work in a ...

Warm weather has fueled a bloom that US National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations. On Wednesday morning, ...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become overrun with algae just days after the landmark underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation, leaving visitors wondering if it will be cleared in time for ...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool still needs some algae emancipation. Just days after the iconic Reflecting Pool reopened following President Trump’s $14 million renovation to seal the concrete ...

After weeks of boasting about restoring the "filthy" Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to its former glory, Trump hit a snag when the newly filled landmark immediately turned green Anna ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A multimillion-dollar renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting ...

The newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool seems unable to escape an old scourge: algae blooming in the shallow water. Thin layers of algae floated on the World War II Memorial side of the ...