A Democratic lawmaker who sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington sued the Trump administration Monday over the recent move to add President Donald ...

Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution. By Shawn McCreesh Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, ...

The Kennedy Center is already losing performers after Donald Trump slapped his name on the storied arts institution. Kristy Lee, a folk singer scheduled to perform at the John F. Kennedy Memorial ...

The White House announced on Dec. 18 that the building would be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ...

Workers were spotted adding President Donald Trump's name to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, following a unanimous decision by the board of trustees one day prior to rename the ...

Efforts to add President Donald Trump's face and name to major U.S. institutions, cultural landmarks, and even currency have become a defining feature of his second term in 2025. On Thursday the White ...

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Washington — The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted to rename the performing arts institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. "I have just ...

Trump said he was "surprised" and "honored." The White House announced Thursday that the board at the Kennedy Center, which President Donald Trump now chairs and is newly filled with his appointees, ...

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday signaled it is illegal for the Trump administration to rename the Kennedy Center without “legislative action.” “The Kennedy Center Board has ...

JFK's grandson echoed a Kennedy Center board member's claim that the vote to rename the building was not actually unanimous, as the White House said Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at ...