WASHINGTON: A US federal judge rejected a bid by the board of the Kennedy Center and the Justice Department on Friday to halt the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts venue.Since returning to the White House, Trump has taken repeated measures to put his name and image in official spaces — an abrupt break with American political tradition.An eager crowd gathered outside the storied venue Friday night, cheering occasionally as workers erected scaffolding, higher and higher, to come within reach of the signage.

Construction crews have erected scaffolding outside the Kennedy Center on Friday, the day of the court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building.

The board of the Kennedy Center and the US Justice Department have appealed a federal judge's ruling ordering the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the performing arts…

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama-era appointee, rejected the request on Friday to block the name change at the Kennedy Center.