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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amber Raiken

Maria Shriver, JFK’s niece, celebrates judge’s decision to remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center

Maria Shriver has responded to a federal judge’s order to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.

On Friday, District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., blocked Trump from renaming the performing space to “Trump-Kennedy Center,” saying Congress made it “crystal clear” that the building is to be named after former President John F. Kennedy. Cooper also said the center “cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial” based on a “unilateral say-so” from a Trump-appointed board.

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