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A new arrest near the Lincoln Memorial adds a strange twist to President Trump's warning that vandals targeted the newly renovated Reflecting Pool.
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A new arrest near the Lincoln Memorial adds a strange twist to President Trump's warning that vandals targeted the newly renovated Reflecting Pool.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that multiple people had been arrested in connection with alleged vandalism of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, including an Ol...
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that "vandals" are responsible for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC, as a former Olympian David Hearn was arrested after...
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
Several alleged vandals have been arrested, according to Trump.
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism
The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue pai...
An ex-GOP lawmaker has heard enough about phantom left-wing saboteurs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and he is pointing at the only suspects who fit the evidence: the people Trump...
President Donald Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism. He offered no details to back that up in social media posts Friday night and Saturday...
Paint seen peeling off in the water at pool site; investigation finds ICE agents disproportionately target people from Latin America – key US politics stories from Saturday 20 June at a gla...
President Trump on Saturday said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will likely have to be drained to make the necessary repairs after vandals took a knife and put a 250 foot long gash in...
President Trump claimed on Saturday that multiple individuals have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as he seeks to deflect blame for ongoing wate...
A former Olympian who was riding his bike near the Lincoln Monument Reflecting Pool was arrested after he stopped to look at the paint peeling off of its bottom.
President Donald Trump said Saturday that U.S. Park Police made multiple arrests connected to vandalism at the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and that repair work would...
David Hearn had just finished a loop around Hains Point on Friday as part of a 52-mile bike ride when he swung by the Lincoln Memorial to see the refurbished Reflecting Pool for himself.
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
U.S. Park Police arrested David Hearn, a 67-year-old resident of Bethesda, Maryland, and a three-time U.S. Olympian in canoe slalom, on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government pro...
Multiple people were reportedly arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, prompting President Donald Trump to warn of serious jail time.
David Hearn faces charges of property destruction after reportedly removing paint from the National Mall's Reflecting Pool.
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $...
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $...
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
David Hearn, a former Olympic cyclist, was one person charged with property destruction by the US Park Police after trying to take paint from the Reflecting Pool.
A former Team USA Olympian has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the completion of President Donald Trump’s renovation.
A former Olympian was arrested and charged with "destruction of government property" after pausing his bike ride to check out the algae-ridden reflecting pool. The post Former Olympian Char...
A former US Olympian was arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC, according to a report.
The paint is peeling from Washington’s reflecting pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump, and he is now alleging that someone damaged it intentionally. “We’ve had some...
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $...
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