Category: National Mall (Washington, DC)

Trump Picks Project 2025 Co-Author for Role That Would Oversee Any Reflecting Pool Review

The New York Times – On the Runway:
Dennis Kirk, a former adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, is President Trump’s nominee for inspector general for the Interior Department.
Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro

The New York Times – On the Runway:
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case

The New York Times – On the Runway:
President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
America Turns 250: A Guide to the Coming Festivities

Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial celebrations.
America Turns 250: A Guide to the Coming Festivities

Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial celebrations.
Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown. Here’s What to Know.

Some underground attractions are closed, and many outdoor sites have reduced their services.
Imagining a Monument to an Unimaginable Number of Covid Deaths

The New York Times – T Magazine:
In cities, especially, monuments have become not just an artistic genre unto themselves but evanescent, ever-evolving tributes to those we lost — and continue to lose.