Interior secretary says officials withheld early vandalism reports to avoid inspiring 'copycat' attacks

The Reflecting Pool on the National Mall was supposed to get a face-lift to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Instead, it’s become a political talking point.

The site has been a backdrop for and active part of major political events, as well as everyday life for the country's capital.

The controversy has drawn national attention because of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s iconic status and its prominent role in upcoming Fourth of July and America’s upcoming 250th anniversary celebrations on the

The $1.7 million “ozone nanobubbler” being used in an effort to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water crystal clear has a unique ability to shoot 500 million microscopic bubbles into every teaspoon of water.

The cost for renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has ballooned to more than seven times Trump's initial estimate, with a recent report highlighting the contractor's unusually high profit margin Chip Somodevilla/Getty; Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via ...

13. Pretend it never happened, and move on to the next thing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A National Park Service employee uses a vacuum pump to clean algae off the bottom of the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on June 16. (Chip Somodevilla ...