Pool Contractor Gets Second Contract Despite Early Failure

The Trump administration will not solicit competing bids for further Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool repairs, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said, choosing instead to rehire the same contractor responsible for the $14.7 million initial work. That renovation, completed earlier this year, produced algae blooms and peeling blue liner within weeks. Burgum called the contractor's prior work "fantastic"—a characterization that sits uneasily with the deterioration already evident.