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The post Trump’s Reflecting Pool Revamp Drags On: Drained For The 3rd Time appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained for the third time in as many months Friday, the latest renovation measure taken as algae blooms and peeled sealant have extended President Donald Trump’s makeover of the landmark to more than two months. A National Park Service worker stands near a pump placed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Washington D.C. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Key Facts Photos of Friday’s partial drain show crews using a pump on the pool’s north side to extract water into a nearby manhole. The Reflecting Pool was also drained Sunday following the Fourth of July, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum telling conservative podcaster Katie Miller the removal of water was needed to remove July Fourth fireworks debris. Burgum also said Sunday’s draining was needed to repair the alleged vandalism done against the p

The post Olympic Canoeist Hearn Pleads Not Guilty To Reflecting Pool Charge appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony destruction of property charge for damaging the sealant installed at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a charge his attorneys said was “based on a false and politicized narrative.” Hearn was charged with destruction of property for allegedly pulling up sealant installed at the Reflecting Pool, prosecutors said last week. Getty Images Key Facts Hearn walked out of a courthouse in Washington, D.C., after his arraignment on Thursday morning, smiling as he was greeted by a crowd of supporters holding signs and chanting his name. Hearn did not speak, but his attorney Norm Eisen called the prosecution a “misuse of government power against an ordinary American.” Eisen said he expected to receive “substantial discovery” from prosecutors, but also claimed “the evidence will establish, as we have state