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PoliticsT2 · Outlet report

World War II Memorial on National Mall vandalized with pink spray paint; fountain overflowing with bubbles

A Minnesota Army veteran visiting Washington, D.C., said she was ‘offended’ by the vandalism after traveling to the World War II Memorial to pay respects to those who served…

1 update1 source1 mention here
Aug 13, 2026
Latest: World War II Memorial on National Mall vandalized with pink spray paint; fountain overflowing with bubbles · Fox News
GeneralT2 · Outlet report

Justice department moves to dismiss its charges against Olympian over reflecting pool

Lawyers now say damage to pool liner attributed to David Hearn instead is result of installation by contractor The justice department has moved to dismiss a criminal case charging…

6 updates1 source6 days long3 mentions here
Aug 1, 2026 → Aug 7, 2026
Latest: Judge officially tosses case accusing ex-Olympian of criminally vandalizing Reflecting Pool | CNN Politics · CNN
GeneralT2 · Outlet report

The mystery of the vanished beef joint | Brief letters

Dog’s dinner | Short illnesses | Andy Burnham’s smart move | Missing brunch | Making a meal of it The humorous tale of Morris the staffie (The pet I’ll never forget, 27 July)…

2 updates1 source1 mention here
Aug 4, 2026
Latest: Country diary: Martha, a tribute to Buxton’s miners, has been knocked off her plinth. Why? | Mark Cocker · The Guardian
PoliticsT2 · Outlet report

Reflecting Pool being drained – again – as Trump administration tries once more to fix landmark | CNN Politics

Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months. In an interview released…

3 updates1 source1 mention here
Jul 14, 2026
Latest: Trump says Reflecting Pool has been drained and will be ‘put back into service soon’ | CNN Politics · CNN
GeneralT2 · Outlet report

Police investigate '8647' written in grass on US national mall

US police are investigating a large imprint of the numbers 8-6-4-7 that were apparently drawn in the grass of the National Mall in Washington DC. "Eighty-six" is a slang term for…

20 updates3 sources9 days long3 mentions here
Jun 11, 2026 → Jun 20, 2026
Latest: Former Olympic canoeist indicted for allegedly damaging Reflecting Pool | CNN Politics · CNN

Coverage timeline (9 latest)

The most recent articles mentioning vandalism, grouped by month. Open a story above to read it as a full timeline.

August 2026

5 articles
Aug 13, 2026 · Fox News
World War II Memorial on National Mall vandalized with pink spray paint; fountain overflowing with bubbles

A Minnesota Army veteran visiting Washington, D.C., said she was ‘offended’ by the vandalism after traveling to the World War II Memorial to pay respects to those who served…

Aug 7, 2026 · CNN
Judge officially tosses case accusing ex-Olympian of criminally vandalizing Reflecting Pool | CNN Politics

A judge on Thursday officially tossed out a case the Justice Department brought against former Olympian David Hearn, whom they had accused of feloniously vandalizing the…

Aug 4, 2026 · CNN
Inside Trump’s tense meeting with Jeanine Pirro | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump laid into US Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a White House meeting Monday evening over a court filing that blamed the Reflecting Pool damage on shoddy workmanship…

Aug 4, 2026 · The Guardian
Country diary: Martha, a tribute to Buxton’s miners, has been knocked off her plinth. Why? | Mark Cocker

Buxton, Derbyshire: Acts of vandalism are not unusual. Have we normalised the destruction of ‘common ground’? Our town is blessed to have the Buxton Civic Association, a…

Aug 1, 2026 · CNN
Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle takes a predictably scandalous turn | CNN Politics

Nothing about what happened Friday, when the Justice Department dropped its case against a purported Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandal, was completely surprising. But that’s…

July 2026

1 article
Jul 14, 2026 · CNN
Trump says Reflecting Pool has been drained and will be ‘put back into service soon’ | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained Monday to make repairs and that it “will be refilled and put back into service soon,” again claiming…

June 2026

3 articles
Jun 20, 2026 · CNN
Trump claims vandals will force drainage of algae-plagued Reflecting Pool | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump claimed Saturday, without providing evidence, that vandals damaged the algae-plagued Reflecting Pool on the National Mall and that the water will need to be…

Jun 20, 2026 · Fox News
Trump says vandals used chemicals to damage newly renovated reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial

Fox News correspondent Alexandria Hoff joins 'Fox & Friends' with details following a vandalization of the grass outside the National Mall in Washington, D.C. President Donald…

Jun 11, 2026 · BBC
Police investigate '8647' written in grass on US national mall

US police are investigating a large imprint of the numbers 8-6-4-7 that were apparently drawn in the grass of the National Mall in Washington DC. "Eighty-six" is a slang term for…