A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ordered that President Trump's name be removed from the Kennedy Center building and all the branding within two weeks on Friday. Nancy Cordes has more.
President Trump's name must be removed from the Kennedy Center, according to an order signed Friday by a D.C. district judge. The big picture: The ruling is a hit to the president's effort to renovate the performing arts venue, which was scheduled to close later this year so work could begin. Friday's order also halted the closure. Trump has two weeks to…
Judge rules that Washington DC performing arts venue cannot be renamed without an act of CongressA judge on Friday ordered the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the prestigious Washington DC venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.US district judge Christopher Cooper in Washington…
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from closing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for repairs and ordered that it be removed from the building and its website.
The decision also stops the president from temporarily closing the national cultural institution during renovations.
The judge wrote in his 94-page ruling that it was "crystal clear" that the arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy. He also ruled that the center could not wind down its programming and close for two years of renovations – at least for now
A Washington federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center board from closing the decades-old performing arts venue and ordered President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the building.
A federal judge ordered Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center, ruling the board overstepped its authority by unilaterally renaming the venue.
“Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into ‘NEVER NEVER LAND,’” the president continued.
Micromanages plans for restoration, bans long-term closure for essential repairs
