Trump closes Kennedy Center for 2 years
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The arts world was shocked when President Trump announced, three weeks into his second administration, that he was taking over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Within a week he had purged the Center's bipartisan board of its Biden ...
The board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted Wednesday to appoint President Donald Trump as its chairman in an unprecedented move days after Trump announced the Washington, D.C., arts center would be his latest target in his war against ...
A general view shows the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2026. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images Reporter Just days after attending the premiere of Melania, the documentary on his wife, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in ...
A House committee proposed a huge increase in federal funding to repair and restore the center, which President Trump took over in February. Democrats have questions. By Javier C. Hernández Since leading a stunning takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center ...
On Thursday, the Kennedy Center's name was changed to The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. By Friday morning, workers were already changing signs on the building itself, although some lawmakers said Thursday ...
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts will be renamed the "Trump-Kennedy Center," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. The center's board of trustees, who were appointed by President Donald Trump, "voted unanimously" on ...
President Donald Trump has said that he plans to host the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 7, 2025 Kayla Bartkowski/Bloomberg via Getty ; Jon Kopaloff/Getty President Donald Trump has said that he will host the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors Honorees include ...
WASHINGTON ‒ The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is now known as the the "Trump-Kennedy Center," according to the White House. The full name is The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing ...