Paint was seen peeling from the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, weeks after a $14 million renovation that included a new color President Trump called “American Flag Blue.”

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Jay Leno's assessment of 83-year-old Joe Biden after spending a day driving through the Angeles National Forest in a 1967 Corvette Stingray: "He was very sharp. I thought maybe I would have to talk in a slower voice. But no, we just talked, and he was funny, and just making jokes. It was the old Joe again." They stopped at a Handel's in La Cañada Flintridge. Biden surprised some kids waiting for ice cream. Shook every hand. Paid for a number of the kids' cones himself. "Every handshake is worth 250 votes," Leno said. "Just congenial. Just a nice guy." Meanwhile on the same Sunday, the current president was watching men in a cage fight each other on the South Lawn while a fighter grabbed the White House microphone to shout a conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama and another thanked him personally for making it possible. Two men. Two Sundays. One country trying to figure out what it wants to be. Biden talked about Beau. About NATO. About national parks. About the value of apprenticeships and the programs being cut that create them. Then he got chocolate chip. Sometimes the contrast does all the work.

Obama: When American foreign policy lives up to our highest ideals, when we champion human rights and democracy and the sound stewardship of our planet, when we take the lead in eradicating disease and feeding the hungry and educating children, when we encourage cooperation between nations, instead of trying to dominate and bully and squeeze every advantage just because we can, and most of all, when we show through our example here at home that even a country as big and diverse as ours can make democracy work, it turns out all nations, including ours, become more prosperous and secure, and the world gets a little bit brighter

💉Flu outbreak among Air Force recruits at Joint Base San Antonio after Hegseth ends mandatory flu vaccine There are at least 159 cases among recruits and two hospitalizations. Once they are cleared by medical professionals they will return to training," the statement said. The sources told ABC News that there is 40% flu vaccination rate among recruits at the San Antonio base since the mandate was lifted. Previously, the rate was nearly 100%.

Mary Trump on Donald Trump / Iran: “This is what happens when you put in power a man who knows nothing about history, who has been allowed to get away with perpetuating the myth that he’s a great dealmaker when he’s an incompetent failed businessman and always has been”

I know very little about basketball but I do know a bit about public speaking and I can say without any hyperbole that @ZohranKMamdani is one of the greatest public speakers alive on planet earth right now. Chills.

US singles chart this week in 1967

US Easy Listening chart this week in 1972

On this day in 1973, Joe Walsh released 'The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get.' Featuring "Rocky Mountain Way," the album became his highest-charting solo release to date and reached the Top 10.

35 years ago today, Van Halen released 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.' Their third album with Sammy Hagar debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned seven singles.

30 years ago today, Patti Smith released 'Gone Again.' Shaped by loss and reflection, the album honors loved ones gone too soon and stands as one of her most powerful and resilient works.

Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" from 'Rumours' hit #1 on the US singles chart 49 years ago on June 18, 1977 | Watch the official video, listen to the album revisit our tribute here: album.ink/FMrumours

Happy 30th Anniversary to Beck’s fifth studio album ‘Odelay’ originally released June 18, 1996 | Listen to the album read our tribute here: album.ink/BeckOdelay @beck

Phoebe Bridgers released 'Punisher' 6 years ago on June 18, 2020 | Listen to the album revisit our ★★★★★ review here: album.ink/PBpunisher

On this day in 1977 Fleetwood Mac got their only Hot 100 #1 song with "Dreams" - one of four top ten hits from the album "Rumours." musicchartsarchive.com/singl…

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A new Marist poll released this morning says "Just one third of Americans approve of President Trump’s handling of the economy — his lowest ever in a Marist Poll"

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