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$16 million
Coverage of $16 million in the Nexus archive.
- Democrats probe Trump's troubled $16 million reflecting pool renovation
Democrats are investigating President Donald Trump's $16 million reflecting pool renovation project. Trump aimed to improve Washington ahead of the 250th anniversary.
- Everyone's talking about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. I visited to see it for myself.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, renovated by the Trump administration at a cost exceeding $16 million, has turned green with algae despite efforts to make it 'American flag blue.' The pool, now a site of ongoing cleanup and protests, was intended to be a centerpiece for America's 250th anniversary but has drawn criticism over its no-bid contracts and ineffective algae solutions.