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The White House lawn has developed a mysterious sinkhole that’s ‘growing larger by the day’

Sinkhole was found by reporters a year to the day after a similar one developed at Mar-a-lago

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By Leanna Garfield

The White House North Lawn has developed a sinkhole, which is now blocked off by two traffic cones and yellow tape.

On Tuesday, Steve Herman, a reporter from Voice of America, and Breitbart’s Charlie Spiering tweeted images of the sunken turf.

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Located outside the entrance to the press briefing room, the hole is “growing larger by the day,” according to Herman.

While a sinkhole on the White House lawn may seem unusual, sinkholes overall are fairly common. In this same exact day in May 2017, Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate where Trump often vacations, also coincidentally developed a four-foot by four-foot sinkhole.

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