Center’s Trump-installed leaders claim putting president’s name on its facade may be only way ⁠to avoid ‘fiscal collapse’ ...

President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to immediately shutter the performing arts center, a source familiar with the decision said, after its members argued the ...

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The president’s allies insist that adding Trump’s name to the venue was a necessary step to avoid financial ruin. Reporter The decline in ticket sales at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ...

Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, even as the center’s leaders publicly touted a financial ...

Live updates and the latest news as lawmakers, actors and religious leaders join ‘Pro-Human’ summit to discuss curbs on artificial intelligence, while Trump has characterized concerns about AI ...

After Joel Shapiro’s “Blue” sculpture was removed from the Kennedy Center, O’s owner David Rubenstein bought it for more than ...

Donors and performers distanced themselves from the venue in the immediate aftermath of it being renamed for Trump.

Donald Trump has ordered the tearing down of a popular statue in the latest step of his MAGA makeover of the Kennedy Center. The National Park Service will close an area around the performing arts hub ...

Matthew Floca, the Kennedy Center's vice president of facilities, said in April 2026 sworn testimony that the center felled its weeping willows "because they were falling down." He also confirmed ...