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Kennedy Center drops Trump in announcing Bill Maher Mark Twain Award guests
The change follows a memo ordering staff to use the center’s official name and complete the rebranding by June 12.
- On Monday, the Kennedy Center removed President Donald Trump's name from its website, complying with a federal judge's ruling that the institution's board had illegally renamed the venue designated as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled last month that the board's vote to add Trump's name was illegal, declaring Congress was 'crystal clear' that the center must bear the name of the slain president alone.
- While the website change is complete, the venue's exterior still displays 'The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.' The center's general counsel ordered staff to remove the name from all official documents by June 12.
- Following the ruling, President Trump called Judge Cooper 'an anti Trump Hater' on social media and predicted the performing arts center would 'soon be closed, probably never to open again' under congressional control.
- Amid the controversy, the Kennedy Center announced that comedian Bill Maher will receive the 27th Mark Twain Award for American Humor during a June 28 ceremony, with Jay Leno among the guest speakers.
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Trump's name scrubbed from Kennedy Center website after court ruling
President Donald Trump's name was officially scrubbed from the Kennedy Center's website and YouTube pages on Monday after a court ruling ordered the center to remove it from any and all official communications by Friday
·New York, United States
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The center has also updated its YouTube page, eliminating Trump's name, but the name 'Trump Kennedy Center' was still on several of the social media pages Read
·Madrid, Spain
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