“Now that work is coming under scrutiny after algae blooms have come back and turned the iconic pool in Washington a vibrant shade of green rather than the American-flag blue Mr. Trump says he chose.”

ABC News: Some of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner appears to be falling apart.

Asked what he’d learned from the war about the limits to his power, he said: “There are no limits.””

He added: “I haven’t learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but there are no limits.”

CBS News: Trump upends Senate GOP’s plans once again with nomination demands.

“The hotly contested race for Senate in Texas has become ugly early with open sparring between the candidates over who is more of a man. Paxton’s team is sensing an opening with Texas Hispanic voters, who have moved sharply to the right in recent election cycles. The thinking among Paxton’s aides is that they can successfully cast Talarico as not strong enough to represent Texas in Washington.”

“In an open letter to the governor, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West said it would pull its proposed one-time, 5% tax from the November ballot if Newsom champions a 2% tax on billionaires’ net worth instead. The union framed the offer as a compromise aimed at temporarily staving off steep cuts to state healthcare services due to federal funding changes signed into law by President Trump last year.”

“Always a darling of the far left, he has earned praise from both President Donald Trump and former Democratic critics like New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. He has emerged as the face of the region’s sports renaissance. And days before New York’s primary elections, Mamdani is testing the limits of his newfound political muscle in a bid to reshape the Democratic Party — in his state capital and in Washington — even if it means challenging his own party’s leadership.”

“What started as a gantlet of promotional interviews this week for his new book ended with the vice president becoming the face of the tentative peace agreement with Iran, for better or worse.”

Said Cotton: “I do have concerns that certain aspects of this deal are a step in the wrong direction.”

“In sum, just today, two top Senate Republicans – Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cotton – have come out with serious concerns about the memorandum of understanding.”

NBC News: Some Republican lawmakers raise concerns about U.S.-Iran deal.

“Proponents of the novel wealth tax gathered an estimated 980,438 valid signatures from registered voters, California’s secretary of state said late Wednesday, clearing the 875,000 threshold they had needed to qualify.”

“If voters approve it, the proposal would levy a 5% tax on California billionaires’ net worth.”

“The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has a familiar electoral playbook: funnel millions of dollars into an election through a super PAC to boost pro-Israel candidates, attack those critical of Israel or both. The group’s massive spending over recent cycles has established it as a boogeyman among progressives, who’ve attempted to use AIPAC’s intervention, or the threat of it, to activate their base.”

Said Mrs. Obama: “You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life and of course you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.”

The Wrap: Mike Pence says Trump’s Iran peace deal is “bigger than a mistake.”

“The first vote, taken under a cloak of secrecy, came in January, when the board reviewed Ms. Peters’s application during one of its meetings…”

“A month later, the board got an unusual request from the Democratic governor’s office, which was under enormous political pressure from President Trump to free Ms. Peters, two board members said — take a second look.”

“The clemency board obliged, but again, its vote was a unanimous no.”

“After weeks of haggling over how to end the war, he and his Iranian counterpart have signed a short peace memo. It amounts to the promise of lots and lots of money for Iran, so long as it can satisfy Mr Trump that it has abandoned any plans for a nuclear weapon. That is a huge and unlikely gamble and it leaves the countries of the Middle East with some hard thinking.”