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

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…

US District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on May 29 that only Congress could rename the arts centre.

The board made a last-minute attempt to halt the order, but U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper rejected the request Friday.

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