Washington — A federal judge on Friday denied a last-minute attempt by the Trump administration to stop the removal of President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, following an earlier order that set a deadline of Friday for the name to come down. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper determined last month that the president’s … Read more
The Trump administration will appeal a judge’s order requiring that President Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center. The notice of appeal was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Earlier Thursday, Mr. Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — John Mellencamp, Jay Leno and Whitney Cummings will be among the guest speakers when Bill Maher receives the Mark Twain Award for American Humor during a June 28 ceremony at the Kennedy Center. The center disclosed the list Monday in an email sent to members, who were offered … Read more
Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump’s influence over the venue. The dismissal on Friday was granted under Washington’s Anti-SLAPP laws, which are designed to … Read more
The Kennedy Center’s lawyers on Thursday directed staff at the iconic venue to remove President Donald Trump’s name from all official signage to comply with a federal judge’s order from last week. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Staff were told in an email from the … Read more
Lawyers for what is currently called the Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are instructing staff to immediately begin switching the name of the facility back to its original title. The instructions, laid out in a memo sent Thursday by the center’s general counsel and obtained by CBS News, are the first official signal … Read more
A federal judge last week ordered the removal of President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and also barred the performing arts center from closing its doors for proposed renovations. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, who brought the lawsuit and also serves on the board of trustees, joins to discuss that and Wednesday’s House … Read more
The National Symphony Orchestra “is in real trouble” and “may not survive” ongoing Kennedy Center chaos, Grammy-nominated alt rock pianist Ben Folds warned on Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Folds, who resigned last year from his role as artistic advisor to the NSO, urged … Read more
A federal judge on Friday ordered that President Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center, “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.” The judge also ruled that the Kennedy Center’s board, led by Mr. Trump’s handpicked trustees, cannot move forward with its plan to close the facility in … Read more
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