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A National Park Service worker stands near a pump placed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

In the Reflecting Pool saga, the National Park Service’s mission is tested by Trump’s demands

President Donald Trump’s botched repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have landed the National Park Service in a tight spot, forced to serve the public while managing his controversial demands.

Visitors take photos at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, with the ferris wheel and a model of the triumphal arch in the background, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump’s arch could disrupt the historical significance of many of Washington’s sites, report says

The U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument are reflected in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says

A sign asks visitors to report any bighorn sheep or mountain goat sightings to the National Park Service at the Taggart Lake Trailhead in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., June 9, 2026. (Rebecca Huntington/WyoFile via AP)

Wanted: The Teton Range’s few remaining mountain goats

A person views posted signs on the locations of the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump administration can replace Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia, appeals court says

Federal government installs reworked panels about slavery at George Washington’s Philadelphia home

The Trump administration has replaced an exhibit on slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia with a version that historians say whitewashes the nation’s history. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa)

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Pool owners react to algae bloom turning Trump’s reflecting pool green

2026’s most endangered historic places nod to America 250 and the promise of equality for all

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Lake Mead’s dive team operations quietly suspended by National Park Service

North America's tallest peak, on Aug. 12, 2025, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer,File)

National Park Service ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Alaska’s Mount McKinley

Flags are placed as workers survey the Memorial Circle, where President Donald Trump has proposed building an arch to commemorate the United States' 250th anniversary, Monday, May 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington

Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

White House withdraws hospitality executive as nominee to lead the National Park Service

A person views posted signs on the locations of the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

Tourists flock to Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Oct. 1, 2025, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

National Park Service Ranger Betty Reid Soskin smiles during an interview at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., July 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104

People hike at Glacier National Park in Montana. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthday

Brianna Wheeler poses for a photo at Peninsula Park, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

At America’s national parks in the Trump era, the arc of history bends toward revisionism

People stand near an entrance to Zion National Park, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Springdale, Utah. (AP Photo/John Locher)

National parks will remain ‘generally’ open during the shutdown, but Liberty Bell doors are closed

Smoke from the Dragon Bravo Fire moves over the Grand Canyon from the North Rim blocking the view for tourists at the Desert View overlook July 14, 2025, in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Portions of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim are opening soon after a devastating wildfire

Wabanaki artwork is displayed in the Tekakapimək Contact Station, Jan. 7, 2025, at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

How a federal monument’s new welcome center in Maine honors Native Americans

Smoke from the Dragon Bravo Fire moves down the Grand Canyon from the North Rim Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

National Park Service defends the handling of lightning-sparked blaze that destroyed historic lodge

A previously unknown portrait, circe 1868, of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman is unveiled at The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

National Park Service restores original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad webpage

Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

DOGE lease cancellations: Which government offices could be closed this year and when

Visitors walk outside the main plantation house at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, La., July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

National Park Service withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration

A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

US Park Service erases the word ‘transgender’ from website commemorating Stonewall riot

FILE - Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah, is pictured on Sept. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Man falls to his death while canyoneering in Zion National Park

FILE -Tracie Revis, left, a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and Seth Clark, mayor pro-tem of Macon, stand near the Earth Lodge, where Native Americans met for a 1,000 years until their forced removal in the 1820s, on Aug. 22, 2022, in Macon, Ga. A National Park Service study released Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 provides Congress with a road map to federally protecting land along 50 miles of the Ocmulgee River. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson, File)

National Park Service delivers roadmap for protecting Georgia’s Ocmulgee River corridor

FILE - A wild horse stands near Peaceful Valley Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, N.D., on Saturday, May 20, 2023. About 200 horses roam the park's South Unit. The National Park Service has turned to the public to help decide whether the famous wild horses in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park should stay or go. The National Park Service launched a 30-day public comment period on Monday, Sept. 25. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

Public to weigh in on whether wild horses that roam Theodore Roosevelt National Park should stay

Workers clear a homeless encampment at McPherson Square in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Park Service clears homeless encampment near White House

West Virginia’s New River Gorge National Park adds 45 acres

FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy and the National Park Service will host a remembrance ceremony at Pearl Harbor in December 2022, the 81st anniversary of the 1941 Japanese bombing. (AP Photo/File)

USS Arizona survivor: Honor those killed at Pearl Harbor

FILE - Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah, is pictured on Sept. 15, 2015. A woman died and a man was rescued and treated for hypothermia after they were caught in extreme cold weather while hiking in Utah's Zion National Park, officials said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Woman dies on hike in Utah’s Zion Park, husband rescued

This August 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a double rainbow from the ranger station porch at Indian Garden, which is now called Havasupai Gardens, in Grand Canyon National Park. The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park. The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced Monday, Nov. 21, that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens. (National Park Service via AP)

Grand Canyon park changes campground name that haunted tribe

FILE - This November 2014, file photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service shows a mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in the Griffith Park area near downtown Los Angeles. A mountain lion that killed a Chihuahua while the little dog was being walked on leash in the Hollywood Hills earlier this month is the famed cougar P-22, the National Park Service confirmed Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (U.S. National Park Service, via AP, File)

Hollywood Hills Chihuahua killed by LA’s famous cougar, P-22

Mountain lion found dead along Los Angeles interstate

FILE -- In this May 13, 2016, photo, tourists and photographers gather to watch a boar grizzly forage near Pilgrim Creek Road in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Environmental groups on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, hailed a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the remote North Cascades ecosystem in Washington state. (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)

Feds resume study of restoring grizzlies to North Cascades

A stray cat sits on a wall in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Cats have long walked through the cobblestone streets of Puerto Rico's historic district, stopping for the occasional pat on the head as delighted tourists and residents snap pictures and feed them, but officials say their population has grown so much that the U.S. National Park Service is seeking to implement a “free-ranging cat management plan” that considers options including removing the animals. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Activists fight bid to remove Puerto Rico’s ‘colonial cats’

Man sentenced for shooting national park ranger in Colorado

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