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Center removes Trump's name from the building  ### [Staff told to remove President Trump from the Kennedy
remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center President Donald Trump’s name is set to be removed
Trump's name must come off of the Kennedy Center, judge rules](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-5839349/president-trump-kennedy-center-name-judge-order) Even as the Kennedy Center has fought efforts to remove
Kennedy Center President Donald Trump’s name was removed from the facade of the Kennedy
Kennedy Center's board this week. Representative Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee of the Center, is [suing](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5762241/kennedy-center-name-lawsuit-trump) to remove President Trump's name
Trump’s hand-picked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove
Trump’s hand-picked board at the **Kennedy Center** is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove
removal of President Trump's name from the Center, an act that was not approved by Congress. Since the name change, artists have cancelled performances and ticket sales have declined.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4273x4273+1068+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Fab%2F041a83884593976d20417f5f03f3%2Fgettyimages-2255055528.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5803003/fool-me-once-lawyers-argue-kennedy-center-should-not-meet-same-fate-as-the-east-wing) ### [Culture
removal of President Trump's name from the Center, an act that was not approved by Congress. Since the name change, artists have cancelled performances and ticket sales have declined.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4273x4273+1068+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Fab%2F041a83884593976d20417f5f03f3%2Fgettyimages-2255055528.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5803003/fool-me-once-lawyers-argue-kennedy-center-should-not-meet-same-fate-as-the-east-wing) ### [Culture
Trump’s hand-picked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting [a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/trump-kennedy-center-board-name)** before a court-ordered deadline to remove
Kennedy Center removed his name from its website](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/kennedy-center-removes-trump-name-website-judge-order) to comply with a US district judge’s order. ## **Stat of the day: World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies
Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement, who he said sold consumers poorly regulated supplements with unsupported claims. The surgeon general is considered [America’s doctor](https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/index.html#:~:text=The%20U.S,of%20our%20nation.), responsible for communicating
Trump and Kennedy on autism. “Unserious leaders are unsafe,” Mustafa T Kasubhai, a US district judge in Oregon wrote in the opening to his [final judgment](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.191371/gov.uscourts.ord.191371.93.0_1.pdf) on the gender-affirming care case
named](https://www.npr.org/2018/07/30/627400055/turning-the-tables-the-200-greatest-songs-by-21st-century-women-part-10) 2007's "Paper Planes" the greatest song made by 21st century women and nonbinary artists, M.I.A. had already been argued over ad nauseum as both era-defining artist and polarizing personality