A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump‘s name must come off the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — and members of the Kennedy family are celebrating the decision.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper handed down the 94-page ruling in May 2026, finding that only Congress has the power to rename the federally chartered Washington, D.C., institution. The decision also temporarily blocked the venue’s planned two-year closure for alleged renovations, throwing the building’s future into uncertainty.
Trump appointed himself the president of the Kenne...
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