A DC federal judge on Friday ordered convicted felon President Trump to remove his name from Kennedy Center and to reopen the venue, finding that both were in clear violation of federal law.
“ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED in relevant part. It is further ORDERED that Defendants, together with their employees, agents, and anyone acting in concert with them, are hereby preliminarily ENJOINED from enforcing or implementing the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees’ March 16, 2026 decision to ‘wind-down’ programming and ‘close’ the Center’s ‘doors entirely effective July 5, 2026, for such time as is required to complete the repair and restoration funded by Section 60025 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’ Defendants may not take steps to further effectuate the March 16 decision for the pendency of this action, or until the Board approves any closure consistent with the Court’s Opinion, and the Court issues a further Order dissolving or modifying this preliminary injunction,” wrote Judge Christopher Cooper and it’ll be interesting to see if Trump complies with the removal part.