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Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes, Trump branding dispute: Report
The board said the venue faces bankruptcy and unsafe conditions after a judge blocked a new Trump naming plan.
- 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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Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes and Trump branding dispute, AP sources say
The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter.
·Chicago, United States
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Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes, Trump branding dispute, AP sources say
The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close the center over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter.
·New York, United States
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Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board votes to immediately close venue for renovations
President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to immediately shutter the performing arts center, a source familiar with the decision said, after its members argued the institution is in “dire” financial and structural shape.
·New York, United States
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Left
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- 59% of the sources lean Left
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L 59%
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