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An algae bloom has turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool murky green just weeks after it was painted “American Flag” blue for the America 250 celebration. Now, the blue paint and sealant are peeling off in pieces, and it's unclear when or how the problem will be fixed.

Ukraine has just done something astonishing. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has just launched TrophyLab - essentially making access to all captured Russian weapon technologies free for foreign governments, research institutions and the defence industry. They will even send physical hardware to allies for examination and to rip it apart to discover Russian military secrets. As well as technical specifications, blueprints and research results. The website includes listings for armoured vehicles, missiles, aircraft, UAVs, EW assets, UGVs, cruise missiles etc. Governments usually want to keep this kind of captured tech a secret for its own advantage. Ukraine has decided to make it (relatively, I think) open access for the benefit of the West.

Utah's Trust Lands Administration sold the Book Cliffs to the Division of Wildlife Resources for $30 million. Rep. Casey Snider says the deal will ensure public access to the cliffs forever. sltrib.com/news/politics/…

Neighbors have put mattresses and plexiglass up in their windows to block the noise from this data center in Virginia. It's a high pitched whine from the natural gas turbines that power it. The noise never stops 24/7.

President Trump has made a series of decisions that have confounded Republicans and are challenging his grip on the party. on.wsj.com/44pFO0Z

President Trump has made a series of decisions that have confounded Republicans and are challenging his grip on the party on.wsj.com/43MM0A5

Brilliant announcement by Ukraine’s minister of defense.

Senate Republicans are finally learning the details of the agreement that President Trump struck with the Iranian government days ago to end the war — and many of them are not happy. wapo.st/4a6Kaxx

Pulte seeks major cuts in first day as intel chief dlvr.it/TT70Pj

More than 150 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have been infected with influenza over the past three weeks — less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated against the flu. wapo.st/4vTfGYc

Here’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in April announcing the end of the military’s mandatory annual flu vaccine requirement, calling it “Not rational.”

Renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a high priority for President Trump, was completed last week, but the water has already turned green with algae and paint is beginning to peel. Jonathan Karl reports. Read more: abcnews.link/1vsHJHB

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Paint was seen peeling from the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, weeks after a $14 million renovation that included a new color President Trump called “American Flag Blue.”

BREAKING: An 8-1 Supreme Court rules criminal defendants *can* challenge their sentences even if they agreed to a plea deal containing an appeal waiver. #SCOTUS Justice Thomas dissents. supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf…

🚨 In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that litigants cannot challenge a state-court ruling in a federal district court while their appeal is still moving through the state court system.

The first opinion is in US v. Hemani, on the federal law banning drug users from possessing firearms. In an opinion from Gorsuch, the court holds that the prosecution of Ali Hemani under that law is inconsistent with the Second Amendment. supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf…

Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” fame hopes to build a sprawling data center on the parched shores of the Great Salt Lake. It has become a burning issue in Utah’s looming primaries. sltrib.com/news/politics/…

GOP critics aren’t buying Trump’s Iran sales pitch thehill.com/newsletters/mo…

New: @SenJohnCurtis officially unveils his 250-mile walk for America 250 The plan: Nine days. 30 miles a day. Start on June 26 near Bear Lake in Dingle, ID where his mother was born —> end at BYU’s LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, the city where he lives and once served as mayor #utpol More details in exclusive op-ed for @Deseret deseret.com/opinion/2026/0…