The Houston-based firm was tapped to receive a $150 million federal contract to provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody.
The Houston-based firm was tapped to receive a $150 million federal contract to provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody.Open
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
President Trump now admits that rushing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation caused a "contractor error", but he is not backing down from his claim that former Olympic canoeist David Hearn vandalized the pool in broad daylight. Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday night, acknowledging for the first time that the $16 million renovation he […] The post Trump concedes contractor error in Reflecting Pool renovation but insists vandalism still occurred appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump now admits that rushing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation caused a "contractor error", but he is not backing down from his claim that former Olympic canoeist David Hearn vandalized the pool in broad daylight. Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday night, acknowledging for the first time that the $16 million renovation he ordered was partly botched by the firm hired to repaint and waterproof the pool's concrete floor ahead of Independence Day 2026. The admission came days after his own Justice Department moved to dismiss felony property destruction charges against Hearn, a 67-year-old three-time Olympian from Bethesda, Maryland, after prosecutors concluded the damage resulted from a flawed installation, not…Open
President Trump is publicly pushing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course on a dropped felony vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as prosecutors say the damage was caused by a contractor, not the defendant. Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to share photos he said came from a freelance […] The post Trump presses Pirro to reopen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case after felony charge dropped appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump is publicly pushing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course on a dropped felony vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as prosecutors say the damage was caused by a contractor, not the defendant. Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to share photos he said came from a freelance photographer and to urge Pirro to reconsider her decision to dismiss the indictment against former Olympian David Hearn, a 67-year-old canoeist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Hearn had been charged with one count of felony destruction of property, a charge that carried a potential ten-year sentence, after U.S. Park Police alleged he grabbed and tugged at a loose section of the Reflecting Pool's…Open
The Trump administration announced the award after allowing the previous contract with a longtime legal provider to expire.
President Trump publicly rebuked his own U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, after she moved to dismiss a felony vandalism charge against former Olympian David Hearn, a case the government now admits never should have been brought. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that Pirro "choked" under pressure from a judge […] The post Trump rips Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump publicly rebuked his own U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, after she moved to dismiss a felony vandalism charge against former Olympian David Hearn, a case the government now admits never should have been brought. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that Pirro "choked" under pressure from a judge and abandoned a prosecution he still believes was justified. Pirro's office, meanwhile, pointed the finger at the Department of Interior for withholding documents that showed the real culprit behind damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: a contractor that botched a rushed renovation job ahead of Independence Day. The result is a collision between a president who wanted accountability for…Open
The White House routed a $500 million no-bid contract through a White House office that typically handles repairs and furnishings and is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.
Questions have swirled about the no-bid, multimillion dollar contract given to complete the pool renovations.
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.
Originally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day.