Judge keeps order in place to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center
Judge keeps order in place to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center
By Blake BrittainFri, June 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM UTC
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1 / 0Dark storm clouds gather over the Kennedy Center in the hours before a federal judge’s deadline to remove U.S. President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in WashingtonDark storm clouds gather over the Kennedy Center in the hours before a federal judge’s deadline to remove U.S. President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
By Blake Brittain
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Washington on Friday declined U.S. President Donald Trump's request to temporarily pause an order to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said he would not lift the order while a federal appeals court considers his ruling that only Congress could rename the famed venue in the nation's capital memorializing former President John F. Kennedy.
The Trump administration has also appealed the order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
(Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington; Editing by Mark Porter)
Source: “AOL Breaking”
