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The Latest Breaking News from the Kennedy Center

Why Is the Kennedy Center Board Trying To Add Trump's Name to the Building—Again?

Must they keep chipping away at their dignity?

Reason

Trump's Name Returns to Kennedy Center as Board Greenlights 2-Year Renovation Shutdown

The Kennedy Center’s board voted Thursday to put President Donald Trump’s name back on the building and close the performing arts complex for two years, renewing two moves a federal judge previously blocked and setting up another legal confrontation.

Benzinga

Trump’s name to be re-added to the Kennedy Center with a slight adjustment

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Kennedy Center board votes again to renovate building and inscribe Trump’s name on it – report

The center has until next week to present plan to judge who had blocked earlier rehab and name change

The Guardian - US

The Latest: Kennedy Center board approves 2-year closure for renovations, AP sources say

The Kennedy Center will move forward with a two-year closure of the performing arts venue to allow for substantial renovations

The Independent UK

Possible price tag for Trump’s Kennedy Center renovation is more than double first estimates

Congress has already approved $257 million for Kennedy Center renovations

The Independent UK

Judge awards $252,480 to musician who canceled Kennedy Center performance

Kennedy Center had sued Chuck Redd for canceling Christmas Eve concert after Trump renamed institution

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Kennedy Center ordered to pay $250K to musician who canceled his appearance in protest of Donald Trump

Jazz musician Chuck Redd was sued by the performing arts center after backing out of a concert, but a judge later dismissed the case

The Independent UK

Whitney Cumming’s Trump joke cut from Netflix’s broadcast of Mark Twain Prize

Netflix has clarified that it was not responsible for the joke being cut

The Independent UK

Kennedy Center filled with shoddy work as officials rushed to renovate venue in Trump aesthetic, whistleblowers claim

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse expands investigation into Trump-directed ‘waste’ at the performing arts venue

The Independent UK

Trump Allegedly Rushed Kennedy Centre Renovations for Peace Prize Ceremony, With Taxpayers Footing the Bill

Whistleblower claims Trump rushed renovations at the Kennedy Centre ahead of a FIFA peace prize ceremony, with taxpayers potentially bearing the cost of disputed construction work.

International Business Times UK

Trump again loses demand to keep his name on the Kennedy Center

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The Independent UK

Trump Offers to Broker Ukraine Peace Deal, Kennedy Center Warns of Financial Setback and More: This Week In Politics

As the weekend unfolded, several significant events took place, including President Donald Trump‘s offer to help broker a Ukraine peace deal, a warning from the Kennedy Center about the financial impact of removing Trump’s name and JD Vance‘s substantial Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings.

Benzinga

Kennedy Center Warns Court-Ordered Removal of Trump's Name Could Cost 'Hundreds Of Millions' That 'Will Never Be Recovered'

The Kennedy Center has warned of a possible massive financial setback, potentially in the “hundreds of millions,” following a court order to erase President Donald Trump‘s name from its foundation.

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'Caught in Sex Traffic': Trump Humiliated by Savage Epstein Joke at Kennedy Center After Name Is Forcefully Removed

Comedian Whitney Cummings roasted Donald Trump with a Jeffrey Epstein 'sex traffic' joke at the Kennedy Center, as Bill Maher collected the Mark Twain Prize and Trump's failed bid to rename the venue still hung over the night.

The Independent UK

Bill Maher honored at Kennedy Center as Trump’s influence becomes the night’s biggest joke

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The Independent UK

Trump steals the spotlight at Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony

Politically Incorrect host may have received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the tarp-covered Kennedy Center but Donald Trump was the main topic of conversation — and the butt of jokes

The Independent UK

A judge demanded Trump’s name come down from the Kennedy Center. Now, he wants to know why tarps block the view

Lawyers fighting to keep the president’s name off the building say the venue is waging ‘a petty act of defiance’ that is ‘willfully sabotaging’ the facade to appeal to Trump’s ego

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The judges have issued their orders, but the Trump administration is choosing defiance with the Kennedy Center and the Anti-Weaponization fund

Administration lawyers are pointing to the details in their arguments.

The Independent UK

Kennedy Center says it will delay its closing for renovations — but it’s not booking any new shows

‘Management has deferred affirmative long-term programming or staffing adjustments,’ the center’s director said in a court filing

The Independent UK

Kennedy Center says it isn't required to reschedule shows after judge blocks 2-year closure

The Kennedy Center's management isn't committing to new shows or staff expansion, even as it considers options short of a full two-year closure that a federal judge blocked last month

The Independent UK

Fresh off stripping Trump from its building, Kennedy Center creates new endowment bearing the president’s name

Rep. Joyce Beatty accused the center’s Trump-appointed trustees of being ‘more focused on elevating the President than advancing the arts’

The Independent UK

Trump ally gives excuse for blowing through deadline to remove his name from Kennedy Center – the weather

Court filing does not explain why the center waited until last minute to remove president’s name

The Economic Times

Trump's name poised to be removed from Kennedy Center after court denies last-minute move to keep it

Workers are preparing to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. A judge rejected a request to delay the removal. Scaffolding is up around the building. Trump's name was added after he influenced the center's leadership. The center is also fighting a block on renovations. Its website and…

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Donald Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center

US President Donald Trump's name has been removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center.

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