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Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump's troubled revamp
Summary by The Pearland Editorial Desk Will Weissert, Associated Press , as published by KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC)
· July 10, 2026
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Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.The president at first suggested his renovations would last a...
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What is this story about? Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.The president at first suggested his renovations would last a...
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