Workers Strip Donald J. Trump’s Name from the Kennedy Center Façade at Noon Saturday as Judge Cooper Also Blocks the Administration’s Two-Year Closure for Renov... (opens in new tab)

Construction workers at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Potomac River removed the letters of President Donald Trump's name from the building's marble façade at noon Eastern time on Saturday, following a Federal District Court order from Judge Christopher Cooper that the December 2025 board vote installing the 'Trump-Kennedy Center' designation was illegal. Cooper's same ruling also blocked the administration's planned two-year July-2026-onward closure of the Kennedy ...