The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to immediately close the performing arts venue's main building, a few hours after a federal judge ruled that President Trump's name could not be restored to its facade. The judge ruled that memorials for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center cannot be installed without approval from Congress. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to immediately close the performing arts venue's main building, a few hours after a federal judge ruled that President Trump's name could not be restored to its facade.S1
- The judge ruled that memorials for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center cannot be installed without approval from Congress.S2
- The judge ruled that the arts center's board may not put Trump's name back up on the building, saying such a change needs Congressional approval.S3
- Washington (United States) (AFP) — A U.S. federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s name cannot be added back onto the Kennedy Center’s exterior, rebuking the storied cultural institution’s new board for trying to circumvent an earlier order. T...S4
- The ruling comes four months after the same judge ordered that the Kennedy Center could not be renamed to include President Trump's nameS5
- The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Centre voted in August to inscribe the president's name on the venue's facade so it would read "The John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J Trump."S6
- The addition of Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center is still a violation of federal law, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on an emergency motion seeking to block the board of th...S7
- The Trump-controlled board’s latest workaround violates federal law and an earlier court order, Christopher Cooper rules thewrap.com/">TheWrap.S8