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A major algae bloom and peeling paint are already plaguing President Donald Trump's new Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after its completion, with ABC News' Jonathan Karl writing via X on Thursday, "The algae seems to be winning." The post ‘The Algae Seems To Be Winning’: Trump’s New Ref...
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25 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
87/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
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New York Times Politics · Center-left · News report
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Mediaite · Center-right · News report
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A major algae bloom and peeling paint are already plaguing President Donald Trump's new Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after its completion, with ABC News' Jonathan Karl writing...
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
A White House spokeswoman said the president was not involved in selecting Greenwater Services, the business owned by a trust led by John J. Cafaro.
Paint is peeling and algae is blooming less than two weeks after the $14 million renovation of DC’s Reflecting Pool.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
Blue material appears to be peeling from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool days after a costly renovation project to repaint and refill it was completed.
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...
The paint on Washington's newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water, less than two weeks after U.S. Presi...
Dark blue flecks of paint were seen floating to the surface as large sections of the iconic landmark turned green from an algae bloom.
Dark blue flecks of paint were seen floating to the surface as large sections of the iconic landmark turned green from an algae bloom.
Dark blue flecks of paint were seen floating to the surface as large sections of the iconic landmark turned green from an algae bloom.
Dark blue flecks of paint were seen floating to the surface as large sections of the iconic landmark turned green from an algae bloom.
"CNN's idea of journalism: write a sensational headline, let people rage-share it, then admit 3 paragraphs later it's just residual algae from dormant supply lines and a normal startup proc...
Despite a $13 million renovation, millions of gallons of water are already filled with algae—but the Interior Department says don't believe your eyes.
Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has taken another turn for the worse. Trump, 80, had spent months bragging about repaintin...
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Now: Wording Gap is 87/99 and story health is stable · 25 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.