FILE PHOTO: The facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, renamed The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, by the Trump administration, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
A federal judge ruled that the Kennedy Center should not bear President Donald Trump's name, according to reporting by CNN.
U.S. District Judge Casey Cooper ruled that the center's board violated the law by adding Trump's name. Cooper wrote that the law "makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy."
Cooper added, "It cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board's unilateral say-so," and ordered officials to remove Trump's name from signage on the Kennedy Center, CNN reported.
The Kennedy Center was also set to close for renovations, according to CNN. Cooper decided the renovations could move forward but blocked plans to close it for two years while that work takes place.
