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.

The Trump administration on Thursday evening appealed a judge’s order that overturned the Kennedy Center’s decision to rename the venue for President Donald Trump and its plans to…

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.