Kennedy Center board votes to immediately close venue for renovations
- Kennedy Center board members voted Tuesday to close the performing arts venue, citing "dire" financial and structural conditions amid an ongoing dispute over renaming the building for President Donald Trump.
- Attempting to secure funding, the board previously voted to rename the facility "Trump Plaza," but Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the institution cannot install memorials for Trump without Congress's blessing.
- Although the board claims the center is in a "dire" financial position, Judge Cooper noted the institution still has access to $257 million appropriated by Congress for necessary capital improvements.
- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, praised the court's ruling, stating the center is named for President Kennedy "and no one else," while accusing President Trump of holding the memorial hostage for vanity.
- As the board threatens to keep the Kennedy Center closed for two years, legal disputes continue over whether the board can bypass statutory restrictions on renaming the site to resolve its fiscal crisis.
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According to US President Donald Trump, Washington's largest public cultural institution – the Kennedy Center – is immediately closed. As a reason, the head of state called "security concerns and urgently needed renovation work". Previously, a panel appointed by Trump had failed to rename the venue.
The president intervenes by telephone during the council that decides the permanent closure of the center to allow the works. After the stop of a judge to his name on the facade, the tycoon threatens to block them
Enraged Trump’s 'crazy' call to Kennedy Center board meeting revealed
CNN anchor Kasie Hunt reports President Donald Trump called into his hand-picked Kennedy Center board, shrieking orders to close the Kennedy Center unless he is allowed to put his name on the JFK Kennedy Center building.“One source told me today that the president himself called into the board meeting and yelled at members, including Democratic congresswoman Joyce Beatty, whose lawsuit prevented the president's name from being added to the cente…
Board Votes to Close Kennedy Center Immediately
The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Trump's name on the iconic performing arts come, the AP reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick participated in the board meeting, according to...
The Kennedy Center Hostage Situation Is Escalating
On Tuesday afternoon—shortly after a federal judge ruled that Donald Trump could not put his name back on the Kennedy Center, and after the Kennedy Center board voted to close the building immediately for repairs—the President took to Truth Social to make an announcement: He will not allow the Kennedy Center to be renovated until […] The post The Kennedy Center Hostage Situation Is Escalating first appeared on Washingtonian.
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