Democracy Dies in DarknessAfter courts knocked down attempts to delay the signage change, workers began taking letters off the performing arts center’s exterior early Saturday morning.June 13, 2026 at 11:12 a.m. EDTToday at 11:12 a.m. EDTSpectators watch as workers put up scaffolding ahead of a court-mandated deadline to remove President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center's facade. (Craig Hudson/For The Washington Post)President Donald Trump’s name is off the Kennedy Center.Crews at the performing arts venue started removing it from the front of the building around 3 a.m., several hours after the center missed a federal judge’s two-week deadline to do so. The judge had ruled that the decision by the center’s board of trustees to rename it was illegal.
Kennedy Center removes Trump’s name from building
After courts knocked down attempts to delay the signage change, workers began taking letters off the performing arts center’s exterior early Saturday morning.
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