A sinkhole has opened up on the White House grounds and is "growing larger by the day," according to reporters who first spotted the sunken turf. The sinkhole was found Sunday on the North Lawn of the White House, near the entrance to the press briefing room, a National Park Service spokeswoman said Tuesday evening. Teen Arrested in Md. Officer's Killing Said He 'Drove at' Her: Police Photos from reporters who first spotted the sinkhole show that it's no more than a few feet wide. But White House reporter Steve Herman, of Voice of America, tweeted that it had grown since he first spotted it over the weekend, and another sinkhole has opened next to it. Sinkholes are common in the D.C. area after heavy rain, as the area has had in the past week, NPS spokeswoman Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles said. The National Park Service, which oversees the White House grounds, said it is monitoring the sinkhole and evaluating how to respond. Phone-Tracking Potential Spy Devices Found All Over … [Read more...] about Sinkhole Opens on White House Lawn, Spawns Twitter Memes
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There’s a growing sinkhole on the White House lawn
Nation Andrew Harnik | AP From left, first lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Brigitte Macron walk along the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 23, 2018. Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post • May 23, 2018 7:27 am For all the concern over leaks at the White House, a more pressing problem might be the sinkhole on the North Lawn that appears to be growing by the day. The pit in the ground, which was first reported by White House correspondents on site this week, appears to have opened just outside the press briefing room and deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley’s office. Steve Herman, a reporter with Voice of America, tweeted he first spotted the sinkhole last week. It has since grown, and another sinkhole has opened next to it. Sinkholes, which have been known to swallow streets, cars and even homes, tend to occur when rainwater seeps into the soil and loosens the sediment enough to … [Read more...] about There’s a growing sinkhole on the White House lawn
Sinkhole opens up on White House lawn, social media gets ‘sucked in’
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Why Macron-Trump Friendship Tree Has Vanished From White House Lawn
U.S. Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron French President Emmanuel Macron has assured that his "bromance" with President Donald Trump is still in full bloom after an oak tree he gave the U.S. leader as a symbol of their friendship vanished from the White House lawn, just a week after the pair were pictured planting it. The two world leaders' firmly-rooted relationship was still intact, an official from the French leader's office told ABC on Monday. The missing sapling is simply in quarantine, as is required for plants and animals brought into the U.S. from outside the country. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a tree planting ceremony with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2018. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty The official said Trump had insisted on holding a planting ceremony with Macron, despite both presidents knowing that the tree … [Read more...] about Why Macron-Trump Friendship Tree Has Vanished From White House Lawn
French Tree Planted By Emmanuel Macron, Trump Goes Missing From White House Lawn
U.S. A tree taken from a World War I battlefield in France and planted during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit last week has disappeared from the White House lawn. President Donald Trump, Macron, his wife Brigitte and Melania Trump all posed for photo ops on the south portion of the White House lawn last Monday as they used shovels to unearth a setting for the sapling. The gifted sessile oak tree originated from the site of the Battle of Belleau Wood in Belleau, France, in which American, French and other allied troops fought the Germans during World War One. But a Reuters photograph from Saturday shows the tree is no longer in place. A tree taken from a World War I battlefield in France and planted during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit last week has disappeared from the White House lawn. Yuri Gripas: Reuters The photos taken by Reuters photographer Yuri Gripas blatantly show that the French tree has since been removed from the … [Read more...] about French Tree Planted By Emmanuel Macron, Trump Goes Missing From White House Lawn