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Alleged Text Reveals Trump Adviser Offered $5.6M 'Pay-for-Access' to POTUS Deal: Here's What Was in the Package

An alleged Ric Grenell text is central to a White House inquiry into a proposed $5.6 million Kennedy Center donation and a separate $ 17.6 million transfer.

International Business Times UK · Oct 20

Five women in Trump’s world who made headlines in last 15 days: Katie Zacharia overtakes Anthony Scaramucci in record of shortest tenure

Anthony Scaramucci served as White House communications director for 11 days, from July 21 to July 31, 2017. The record of the shortest tenure in the Trump world is likely to be broken by Katie Zacharia, the new press secretary who was panned on the very first day on the…

The Times of India · Oct 16

58 Years Old MAGA Influencer Taken To Task Over Post Comparing Herself To Katy Perry

Maddie Evans defended comparing herself to Katy Perry, saying a decade of menopause struggles taught her to embrace her body without apologies.

Bored Panda · Oct 16

Trump says the Kennedy Center is ‘a great danger.’ Don’t tell the National Symphony Orchestra

The National Symphony Orchestra’s use of the main concert hall appears to undermine the president’s dire descriptions of a venue he wants to rename after himself

The Independent UK · Oct 7

Kennedy Center Honors awards moved to new venue amid Trump’s onslaught

Ceremony will not be hosted at its traditional home for the first time since awards began in 1978

The Guardian - US · Oct 2

Kennedy Center Honors to be held off-site amid battle over adding Trump’s name to venue

The 49th annual awards are set to take place at Washington's downtown arena, a Kennedy Center spokesperson said Friday

The Independent UK · Oct 2

As Trump seeks to demolish Kennedy Center his DOJ claims icon is going broke

DOJ says the venue is ‘in a state of collapse’ while the president’s Senate ally blocks legislation that would prevent him from demolishing it altogether

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Kennedy Center’s leader stopped a plan to fix the faulty ceiling before it came crashing down, whistleblowers claim

Matt Floca, the center’s chief operating officer, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, the whistleblowers claim

The Independent UK · Sep 28

Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege

Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems

The Independent UK · Sep 26

Trump’s seven-day Kennedy Center shutdown extended as closure drags on

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The Independent UK · Sep 25