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Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from the building NPR | By Fatima Al-Kassab , Frank Langfitt Published June 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM EDT Facebook LinkedIn Email Print Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2026. Workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the building. Updated June 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Workers have taken down President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove it from the building, and less than six months after it was first affixed to the iconic performing arts venue. The removal of the more than a dozen bronze letters followed a judge's ruling that the Center could not be renamed without Congressional approval. In a court filing, Kennedy Center Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Charles Matthew Floca confirmed that President Trump's name has been removed from the building façade, despite what Floca said were weather-related delays. References to Trump on the center's website are also gone. Just a month into his second term…

Workers begin removing Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center - CNBC Workers began removing PresidentDonald Trump'sname from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building and other aspects of the iconic performing arts venue's operations. Scaffolding was erected Friday around a section of the building that includes Trump's name, but shortly after midnight, the Kennedy Center asked a judge to extend the deadline until noon Eastern Time on Saturday because of thunderstorms that had swept through the Washington area, causing a delay. In the filing, the Kennedy Center offered assurance that the "removal work is presently ongoing" and would "conclude in the early hours of the morning." A few hours later, workers began covering the scaffolding with tarps before eventually starting to take down Trump's name. They packed up and left the site around 3:30 a.m., though the tarps remained, leaving it impossible to determine if all the letters had been removed. Dozens of people spent hours on Friday on the plaza in front of the Kennedy Center, taking pictures and occasionally cheering as the…

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Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours ... Construction crews prepared to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center Friday after a judge rejected a last-minute request from the board to keep it in place. Workers erected scaffolding as supporters gathered nearby and appeals continued. A worker removes a letter from President Donald Trump’s name from the wall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Protestors wave a U.S. and signs as workers prepare to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) A worker removes a letter from President Donald Trump’s name from the wall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Workers construct scaffolding below the sign for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) A double rainbow is seen from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Friday, June …

President Trump's name was removed from the front of the Kennedy Center on Saturday, according to a notice of compliance filed by the administration. But the Tarp remains blocking President Kennedy’s name! What a sore loser!

Kennedy Center says it has fully removed Trump’s name from ... People stop to watch workers erect scaffolding at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on Friday. Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg/Getty Images Donald Trump See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow Summary The Kennedy Center has fully removed President Donald Trump's name from its building after a federal judge's order. An appeals court rejected the center's last-minute bid to freeze the order, though legal battles over the name change will continue in coming weeks. The name change drew criticism from the Kennedy family and prompted a legal challenge led by Ohio Democrat Rep. Joyce Beatty. AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor. The Kennedy Center has removed Donald Trump’s name from its building, its executive director said Saturday, erasing a symbolic fixture of the president’s remaking of Washington, DC. Crews placed a tarp over the signage on Friday, blocking any view of the progress made on the removal of Trump’s name. The tarp was still on the building’s facade Saturday after Executive Director Matt Floca said Trump’s name was taken off to abide by a judge’s ruling . The removal mark…

Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center after court order Crews erected scaffolding on Friday as onlookers gathered into the evening, though storms delayed the work until Saturday.

Breaking News Currently: Crews have begun removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center after missing Friday night deadline. A court ruled changing the name to was unlawful. Crowds at center chant: ‘Take it down’

Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from the building Workers finished removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.

Watch Live: Crews to remove Trump's name at Kennedy Center - NBC4 ... Kennedy Center Workers begin removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center hours after court-ordered deadline A crew showed up at the Kennedy Center ahead of the Friday deadline for removing Trump's name. By Gina Cook , Aimee Cho , Andrea Swalec and Steve Sloan, Associated Press • Published June 12, 2026 • Updated 32 seconds ago BOOKMARKER NBC Universal, Inc. Scaffolding is up outside the Kennedy Center Friday as crews are expected to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the exterior of the building. Workers began removing Donald Trump's name from the exterior of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered deadline to remove references to the president from the performing arts center. Scaffolding went up outside the Kennedy Center Friday as crews were expected to remove Trump’s name from the exterior of the building. Crowds formed to watch the work. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. WATCH HERE The Kennedy Center asked a judge to extend the deadline until noon Eastern Time on Saturday because of thunderstorms that had swept through the Washington area, causing a delay, the …

The tarp is still up Monday morning at the Kennedy Center, obscuring the name of the building. The Trump administration filed paperwork saying it complied w judge’s order to remove the current president’s name.

Trump's name is gone from the Kennedy Center's facade Protestors wave a U.S. and signs as workers prepare to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) By Steven Sloan | Associated Press PUBLISHED: June 13, 2026 at 7:50 AM CDT | UPDATED: June 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM CDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON — The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now. Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court Saturday that the institution had complied with an order to remove Trump’s name from the facade. In a filing, Floca said the board of trustees and the center had removed “all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump.” But for onlookers who have gathered on the plaza in front of the center over the past day hoping to witness a dramatic moment symbolizing the limits of Trump’s power, it was virtually impossible to see whether t…

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Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from the building NPR | By Fatima Al-Kassab , Frank Langfitt Published June 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM EDT Facebook LinkedIn Email Print Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2026. Workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the building. Updated June 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Workers have taken down President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove it from the building, and less than six months after it was first affixed to the iconic performing arts venue. The removal of the more than a dozen bronze letters followed a judge's ruling that the Center could not be renamed without Congressional approval. In a court filing, Kennedy Center Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Charles Matthew Floca confirmed that President Trump's name has been removed from the building façade, despite what Floca said were weather-related delays. References to Trump on the center's website are also gone. Just a month into his second term…

BREAKING: NYT Confirms Trump Is Supervising Kennedy Center Tarp Removal As His Agents Appear to Be Indicating It May Stay Up Indefinitely—Effectively Taking *Kennedy's* Name Off the Center As Well As Trump's in One of the Most Petty and Vindictive Acts Ever Taken By Any President

Trump's name is gone from the Kennedy Center's facade ... - WTOP The Associated Press June 13, 2026, 3:45 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The curtain may have come down for PresidentDonald Trumpat the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now. Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue,told a federal courtSaturday that the institution had complied with an order to remove Trump’s name from the facade. In a filing, Floca said the board of trustees and the center had removed “all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump.” But for onlookers who have gathered on the plaza in front of the center over the past day hoping to witness a dramatic moment symbolizing the limits of Trump’s power, it was virtually impossible to see whether the signage was gone. A tarp hung over the scaffolding constructed for workers to perform that task. It was unclear when the tarp might be removed to reveal the original lettering that had endured for decades: “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” A reporter was able to peer through…

Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center NPR | By The Associated Press Published June 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Bluesky Threads Flipboard LinkedIn Email Cliff Owen / AP A worker removes a letter from President Donald Trump's name from the wall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. Updated June 13, 2026 at 5:39 AM EDT WASHINGTON — Workers began removing President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building and other aspects of the iconic performing arts venue's operations. Scaffolding was erected Friday around a section of the building that includes Trump's name, but shortly after midnight, the Kennedy Center asked a judge to extend the deadline until noon Eastern Time on Saturday because of thunderstorms that had swept through the Washington area, causing a delay. In the filing, the Kennedy Center offered assurance that the "removal work is presently ongoing" and would "conclude in the early h…

BREAKING: The curtain may have come down for Trump at the Kennedy Center, but the tarp stays up for now. According to the center’s “officials”, Trump’s lettering has been removed. A reporter peeked and verified the removal. *Washington DC Americans: You know what to do.* apnews.com/article/trum...

News Alert: Crews begin removing Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after missing Friday night deadline Workers began removing President Donald Trump’s name from an exterior wall of the Kennedy Center early Saturday morning, video from a CNN crew appeared to show. www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/p...

'Take it down!' Crowd electric as workers tear Trump's name off Kennedy ... Workers were tearing President Donald Trump's name off the Kennedy Center on Friday as onlookers nearby chanted and cheered. Thousands tuned in on livestreams from ABC 7, WUSA9, Reuters, Fox 10, the Associated Press, Forbes, and MS NOW to watch it happen in real time. A crowd assembled outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as workers erected scaffolding on the façade. A judge hadkilled the Trump board's last-ditch legal attemptto stop the removal just hours earlier, leaving a midnight deadline intact. Then the chanting started. "Take it down!" — 15 times in a row. The crowd exploded into applause and cheers. About a minute passed. "Take it down!" — 11 more times. More cheering. Someone hollered "Woo!" The energy didn't drop. After another minute, there were nine more chants, more applause, more whoops, more noise — the whole thing playing out over roughly 2-1/2 minutes of pure crowd electricity. The backstory: Trump's handpicked boardillegally slapped his nameonto the center's marble façade in December 2025, a federal judge ruled, because only Congress gets to change the name of…

Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center arts venue WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington on Saturday -- a stinging defeat for the US leader who has eschewed political tradition to affix his name and likeness across public spaces.

Workers started removing Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center facade in Washington, D.C., early Saturday, June 13. Maintenance operations follow a court-ordered deadline sparked by a lawsuit from Rep. Joyce Beatty. Despite weather delays and failed appeals, the venue retrograde is underway.

@theguardian.com doing a throw forward in reporting: A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the former(??) president’s name.

"President Trump's name was removed from the front of the Kennedy Center Saturday, according to a notice of compliance filed by the administration ... around 11 a.m. EDT." Trump, asshole, waited until 3:00 am, after Rep Beatty left, to pop his name off. www.cbsnews.com/news/kennedy...

buh bye "A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the president’s name." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump's name removed from Washington arts center <p>Workers in the US capital removed President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, the venue said, after a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2003820">federal judge ruled</a> that its renaming was unlawful.</p> <p>In a legal filing, the center’s Executive Director Matt Floca said it had “removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds” containing Trump’s name.</p> <p>Around noon Washington time, the sign on the building’s exterior was still covered by a white tarp put up as work was being conducted to remove Trump’s name.</p> <p>Earlier, loud noise echoed from beneath the cover, as morning joggers stopped briefly in front of the venue to watch the work.</p> <p>The effort came after a judge rejected a last-minute bid by the center’s board to halt the removal of Trump’s name, marking a setback for the president’s broader push since returning to the White House to place his name and image in official spaces – an abrupt break with American political tradition.</p> <p>An eager crowd had gathered outside the arts center Friday night, cheering occasi…

Breaking News Currently: Crews have begun removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center after missing Friday night deadline. A court ruled changing the name to was unlawful. Crowds are chanting: ‘Take it down’