President Donald Trump sought to have the Reflecting Pool’s renovation completed before July 4, though algae blooms and ...

When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green with algae just days after a US$15 million renovation, the U.S. government scrambled for chemicals and expensive technical solutions to fix the ...

The Trump administration spent $14.8 million painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool an "American Flag Blue." See why the pool is green again.

About two weeks ago, President Donald Trump said work to restore the Reflecting Pool was finished. It has since turned green and paint is peeling.

The Trump administration wanted the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be “American flag blue.” A water-treatment expert explains why the pool is still algal green and why the bloom co ...

Workers completed a Trump administration directive to paint the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool "American flag blue" in early June 2026.

The "American flag blue" finish has turned into something else entirely, but why has algae reappeared?

The bill for renovations to the algae-ridden Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool totals roughly $16 million, according to government contract records. President Donald Trump announced a plan to refurbish ...

The Department of the Interior said the algae bloom turning the pool green was being “vacuumed up as we speak.” ...

The Trump administration spent about $14.2 million on renovations to the Reflecting Pool, including painting it “American Flag Blue.” ...

Seth Meyers jokes that he should "just quit" his job after Trump turned the Reflecting Pool green, because "the metaphor is way too obvious" ...