Former Kennedy Center employees accused leadership of stopping planned waterproofing repairs in April 2026, then later citing those same structural issues as justification for closing the venue. The allegations contradict the Trump administration's stated reasons for the closure.
A Washington judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay more than $250,000 in legal fees to jazz musician Chuck Redd, who canceled his annual Christmas Eve concert after President Trump's name was added to the venue. The ruling follows the judge's earlier dismissal of the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against Redd in June.
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to restore President Donald Trump's name to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts while an appeal proceeds, following an earlier ruling that deemed the name change illegal. Workers had previously removed Trump's name from the building's facade.
President Donald Trump traveled to Medora, North Dakota on July 1-2, 2026 to attend the dedication ceremony for the newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, where he praised the 26th president as a 'true American hero' and gifted a Roosevelt medal to the facility.
