Workers begin removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered deadline
A federal judge said only Congress can change the center’s name, and the board’s last-minute appeal failed after a 14-day removal order.
- Workers began taking down President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday morning, narrowly missing a court-ordered Friday night deadline.
- Severe regional thunderstorms delayed the physical removal process Friday night, prompting the venue's legal team to successfully request a brief extension until Saturday noon after safety concerns forced workers to temporarily halt their efforts under newly erected scaffolding.
- The physical dismantling followed a string of swift legal defeats for the Trump administration, as both a federal district judge and a D.C. Circuit appellate panel rejected emergency, eleventh-hour appeals from the Justice Department to freeze the removal order.
- The legal battle was sparked by a lawsuit from Representative Joyce Beatty , an ex-officio board member who challenged the reconstituted, Trump-allied board's December decision to rename the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."
- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the original name change illegal, clarifying in his opinion that Congress explicitly designated the building as the sole living national monument to John F. Kennedy, meaning only legislative action—not a board vote—holds the authority to alter its name.
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Workers begin to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, in photos
Workers began removing President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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