12 entries in the ledger
President Trump directed the White House counsel's office to examine allegations that a pledged Kennedy Center donation, said to be worth up to $17 million, never arrived, Axios reported Oct. 14. Former Trump attorney...
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on September 17, 2026 that the Trump administration and the Kennedy Center board must give 30 days' written notice before any major physical change to the building, including...
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...
At an Aug. 27 hearing on Rep. Joyce Beatty's emergency motion, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper pressed Justice Department lawyer Brantley Mayers on why the Kennedy Center board had to act by Sept. 8, asking "What...
In an Aug. 25 court filing, Brantley Mayers, a senior official in the Justice Department's Civil Division, argued that the Kennedy Center faces a "death spiral" without Trump's renovation push and would "deteriorate...
Confidential Kennedy Center documents obtained by The Washington Post show that ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after Trump's name was added to the building, even as the center's leaders publicly described his...
Rep. Joyce Beatty filed an emergency request on Aug. 20 asking a federal court to block the Kennedy Center from returning President Trump's name to the building. The center's Trump-aligned board voted earlier this month...
The Kennedy Center's board voted on Aug. 13 to close the complex's main building for a roughly two-year, $250 million renovation and to restore President Trump's name to the entrance, renaming it "Restored and Renovated...
Crews removed President Trump's name from the exterior of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 13, 2026, hours past an extended court deadline. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper had ordered the...
On March 23, 2026, eight architecture and cultural organizations sued President Trump and the Kennedy Center's board in federal district court in Washington over a planned renovation that would close the complex for two...