President Trump's name was taken off the Kennedy Center after a federal judge denied the administration's request that his order be put on hold.

Workers have begun removing President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline

Workers set up scaffolding at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday (June 12) as a federal judge in Washington declined U.S. President Donald Trump's request to temporarily pause an order to remove his name from the venue.

Dark storm clouds gather over the Kennedy Center in the hours before a federal judge’s deadline to remove U.S. President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the John

A formal stay is expected to be filed on Friday after a federal judge had earlier ruled that only Congress could change the name of the center.

The removal of Trump’s name came after a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to restore its original name by Friday, June 12.

Crews worked on removing President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center's facade in Washington after a federal judge ordered its removal.

The denial came hours before a court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the D.C. performing arts venue.