September 15, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control

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Kennedy Center Board Votes to Close Building as Judge Rules Trump Naming Push Illegal

Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board voted Sept. 15, 2026, to immediately shutter the arts center for renovations, hours after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the board's latest effort to add Trump's name...

February 12, 2025 · Political Spectacle & Unusual Conduct

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Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center Board and Ousts Its President

On February 12, 2025, the Kennedy Center's board of trustees, recently reshaped by President Trump's appointees after he dismissed half its members, elected Trump as board chairman and fired longtime president Deborah...