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# Lawsuit challenges Reflecting Pool project as costs soar
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/lawsuit-challenges-reflecting-pool-project-as-costs-soar-1778540489/
- Published: 2026-05-12T01:45:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-21T20:21:01.000Z
- Description: Lawsuit challenges Trump’s Reflecting Pool project as projected costs soar
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_29920baa-129f-4c5a-bbe4-90489335f4e1, #extra

A non-profit group suing to stop President Trump's Reflecting Pool renovation on the National Mall claims the project breaks federal law. Last month, the president announced the pool would be repainted blue. The New York Times is also reporting that its initial cost of less than two million dollars has now ballooned to seven times that figure. Amna Nawaz discussed more with David Fahrenthold.