Within hours of the center’s board ostensibly adding Trump’s name, a construction crew had added the new title to the building.

Trump’s year long effort to take over the Kennedy Center began when he started stuffing the board with sycophants, the more shameless the better.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts adopted new bylaws earlier this year that limited voting to presidentially appointed trustees.

Toby Morton shared a screenshot of the message to Threads, where he wrote: "I'm speechless and incredibly grateful."

Chelsea Handler brought her signature humor to the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, taking aim at the recent renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) sued the Trump administration seeking to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, calling the move unconstitutional. Beatty, an ex officio board member,