President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by ...

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.

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 ...

Q: I got home from work last night and couldn’t wait to get into my pool to soak away the day, but when I got to the backyard, the pool water was green—not light green, either, but dark. I didn’t even ...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a backdrop for America's 250th, could be algae ridden until October, expert says. Here's why.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool appeared less swampy on Monday, June 22. Here's what else USA TODAY saw.

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

Algae spread across the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool shortly after a multimillion-dollar renovation. The Interior Department says fixes are on the way.

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.