18+ hour, 36+ min ago  (938+ words) The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is getting painted bright blue. Trump ordered a ~$1. 5 M blue re-coating for the reflecting pool after a friend from Germany said it looked "disgusting," and didn't represent our country. Here's why it's controversial. Full story:…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (874+ words) Gloria Gomez, 58, of Washington tends her fruit stand Tuesday as she waits for customers in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of northwest Washington. "Business is worse now than it was during the pandemic," she said. "Over the last three weeks it's…...