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
Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., a great-grandson of enslaved Americans, is calling out the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for what he describes as systematic anti-American indoctrination, and a 162-page White House report backs him up. Jackson, a nondenominational bishop, pastor, and author, sat down with Fox News Digital to lay out his case against […] The post Descendant of slaves rebukes Smithsonian for turning American history into a political weapon appeared first on American Almanac .
Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., a great-grandson of enslaved Americans, is calling out the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for what he describes as systematic anti-American indoctrination, and a 162-page White House report backs him up. Jackson, a nondenominational bishop, pastor, and author, sat down with Fox News Digital to lay out his case against the museum he believes has abandoned honest history in favor of ideology. His criticism comes weeks after the White House Domestic Policy Council released a sweeping report titled "Saving America's Story," which concluded that the museum has undergone what it called "ideological capture." Jackson did not mince words. He framed the museum's approach as a deliberate effort to turn…Open
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did an impression of President Trump at the renaming ceremony for Joint Base Lindsey Graham in South Carolina on Monday. #petehegseth #trump #lindseygraham
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is trying to satisfy the sometimes competing demands of his right-wing base and President Trump months ahead of a tough election.
President Trump’s social media platform has had double-digit declines in visitors in June and July, according to estimates from a widely cited online tracking firm.
