Initially the renovation was estimated to cost $1.8 million but just months later, the price tag has reportedly surged to nearly $14.7 million

The alleged “gash” that vandals have supposedly inflicted on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is growing at an alarming rate, according to a series of remarks by President Donald Trump.

Trump said in a social media post that "large areas of grass are being replaced" around the pool and that the administration "will drain some of the water, either immediately before or after the Fourt...