Trump threatens to keep Kennedy Center shut if his name not added
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- WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to keep the Kennedy Center closed for good after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution’s facade. Trump said his hand-picked board voted “almost unanimously” to shut the...S1
- The Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to close most of the Washington performing arts complex for safety repairs, hours afterS2
- Trump himself called into the board meeting and berated a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the board and filed the lawsuit that blocked its renaming, CNN reported.S3
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WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to keep the Kennedy Center closed for good after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution’s…
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Trump Threatens To Keep Kennedy Center Shut If His Name Not Added
Trump himself called into the board meeting and berated a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the board and filed the lawsuit that blocked its renaming, CNN reported.
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What to know
- WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to keep the Kennedy Center closed for good after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution’s facade. Trump said his hand-picked board voted “almost unanimously” to shut the...S1
- The Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to close most of the Washington performing arts complex for safety repairs, hours afterS2
- Trump himself called into the board meeting and berated a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the board and filed the lawsuit that blocked its renaming, CNN reported.S3
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