On August 13, 2026, the Kennedy Center board voted to restore President Trump's name to the performing arts building. By August 22, Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty filed emergency requests to block the inscription, and the center agreed to delay the restoration.
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The Kennedy Center board voted Thursday to again add President Trump's name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, two anonymous sources told Axios. Why it matters: The move challenges a federal judge's ruling back in May that only Congress could change the name of the performing arts venue, and that Trump's name must be removed . That process was completed in June. U.S. District J
The request from a Democratic lawmaker follows a decision by the Trump-allied board to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” to the building.
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Trump, Trump, Trump: Kennedy Center Board Voted To Return POTUS’s Name To Three Different Spots On Complex’s Grounds deadline.com/2026/08/trum... The board was ordered to remove the president's name, but recently voted to return Trump designations in two spots on the facade, once in the plaza.
www.alternet.org/msn-uk/kenne... A new court filing revealed that President Donald Trump may have damaged the marble at the Kennedy Center when put his name on it.
In her legal brief, Beatty's lawyers said, “Plaintiff is concerned that Defendants may have damaged the historic marble that lines the facade with their original desecration of the Center’s facade by attaching President Trump’s name above President Kennedy’s.” www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned... In a court filing late Tuesday, an ex officio member of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Kennedy Center's, trump picked board, says it will add Trump’s name back to building in early September ignoring court order. www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/p... The Kennedy Center plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to the front of its building in early September, lawyers for the institution told a federal judge.
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A new filing in the Kennedy Center lawsuit offers new details on the vote to close the center and add President Donald Trump’s name back onto the front of the building.
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Not only are they adding a Trump inscription below Kennedy’s name, but the board also voted to name the area where the building is located “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.” What's next? Changing the district's name to Trump D.C.? F**k Trump! www.aol.com/articles/tru... Installing and then removing Trump’s name from the building appears to have damaged the marble facade, lawyers say
Good gosh make them stop! l.smartnews.com/p-8kDMYuty/e... An overnight filing in the Kennedy Center lawsuit offers new details on last Thursday’s votes to close the center and add President Donald Trump’s name back ...
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🔴 BREAKING: Trump’s bid to put his name back on the Kennedy Center is headed to court again. Rep. Joyce Beatty plans to block the Trump-aligned board’s 20-3 vote approving a new facade inscription. Read the full report: iamdonnyevans.substack.com/p/trumps-bid... Rep. Joyce Beatty says the board’s 20-3 vote defies a ruling that Congress alone controls the name of Washington’s memorial to President
Am I the only one sick & tired of King Trump abusing & wasting our Taxpayers dollars on such utter BULLSHIT as this? www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/p... The Kennedy Center plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to the front of its building in early September, lawyers for the institution told a federal judge.
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It's to work on the roof, from underneath. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Installing and then removing Trump’s name from the building appears to have damaged the marble facade, lawyers say
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Kennedy Center filing reveals Trump's name could be on the building twice - ABC News https:// abcnews.com/US/kennedy-center- filing-reveals-trumps-building/story?id=135767113
The Kennedy Center has agreed to hold off on placing President Trump’s name onto the performing arts building amid an ongoing legal battle over the venue. The center’s Trump-aligned board voted last week to add the president’s name to its building again, months after a federal judge ordered it removed. The center said in a...
Gift link: DOJ lawyers are claiming that this tarp needs to stay up indefinitely at Kennedy Center. It's almost laughable if it wasn't so incredibly petty and childish. #culture #WashingtonDC #arts #dance #theater A Democratic lawmaker is asking a judge to halt a renewed plan to recognize President Donald Trump on the building and to demand a better explanation for the tarped facade.
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The center’s leaders said Tuesday that they have kept a tarp-covered scaffolding up for more than two months so that crews can conduct water testing and make structural repairs to the front portico’s roof overhang. The scaffolding was originally erected on June 12 to comply with a federal judge’s order that Trump’s name be removed from the center’s facade. The tarped scaffolding has sat virtually
If Trump can't be the headliner, he wants double billing - and top billing second time around. "the facade would read 'The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.'" https:// apnews.com/article/kennedy-cen ter-trump-name-facade-court-order-fd8abd05844327dab5a0f940a8505434
#Discover #KennedyCenter #RemoveTrumpNow www.yahoo.com/news/politic... The Kennedy Center plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to the front of its building in early September, lawyers for the institution told a federal judge.
Didn’t we ALL suspect this happened all along?! “New twist in Kennedy Center fight: Historic marble front was damaged when Donald Trump's name was fixed onto building, lawsuit claims” radaronline.com/p/trump-kenn... A new Kennedy Center filing raises concerns over reported marble damage, plans to restore Trump's name to the building, and an emergency court fight before September 8.
Trump refuses to stop f-cking with the Kennedy Center www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... There are so many horrifying things that President Donald Trump is doing to Washington, D.C., but his attempts to take over the Kennedy Center might be the most pathetic.
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Rep. Joyce Beatty says a new facade inscription and plaza name violate federal law and a May order that forced Trump’s name off the building.
Judge Asked To Block Kennedy Center From Inscribing Trump’s Name
Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.
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www.forbes.com/sites/conorm... Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, accused the Kennedy Center of playing “chicken with the Court” in a filing challenging the venue’s intent to inscribe President Donald Trump’s name on the building, alleging...