{
  "id": 105855,
  "title": "Burgum, Trump still blame pool damage on vandals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/burgum-trump-still-blame-pool-damage-on-vandals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T22:42:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/6006869-burgum-trump-still-blame-pool-damage-on-vandals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and President Trump are still attributing damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to vandals. According to CBS News, this comes after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against David Hearn, a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the pool.\n\nThe Associated Press reports that President Trump expressed disappointment and criticism towards Pirro's assessment that the damage was due to shoddy construction, not vandalism. Trump stated that Pirro \"choked\" and \"folded like an umbrella\" in her handling of the case.\n\nThe Hill notes that despite Pirro's court filing, Burgum has continued to claim that vandals were responsible for the damage. The incident has become an embarrassing setback for the Justice Department, with Trump and Burgum maintaining a different account of the events than Pirro.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump: Pirro 'choked,' 'folded like an umbrella' in Reflecting Pool case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/trump-pirro-choked-folded-like-an-umbrella-in-reflecting-pool-case",
        "published": "2026-08-03T19:17:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Ripple effects: After Hearn, three others have their Reflecting Pool charges dropped",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/ripple-effects-after-hearn-three-others-have-their-reflecting-pool",
        "published": "2026-08-03T19:33:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump says Jeanine Pirro \"choked\" in dropping Reflecting Pool case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/trump-says-jeanine-pirro-choked-in-dropping-reflecting-pool-case",
        "published": "2026-08-03T20:01:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}