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What Happened Today – May 11, 2026

Trump motorcade driving through the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument in the background

President Donald Trump's motorcade drove through the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool last Thursday to inspect a $13.1 million paint job awarded to a company that paints his golf club pool. (Official White House photo)

The Cultural Landscape Foundation sued today to stop the $13.1 million paint job on the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The original quote was $1.5 million. The Trump administration skipped competitive bidding, the normal process for federal contracts this size. They handed the work to a Virginia company that painted the swimming pool … Read more

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