A three-judge panel has denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to keep President Donald Trump's name on the institution while they appeal an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal.

The D.C. circuit appeals court denied all of President Trump's arguments that sought to stop the removal of his name from the Washington, D.C., arts institution.

A federal appeals court rejected the Kennedy Center’s request for a stay pending appeal, which would have halted a judge’s order requiring the removal of President Donald Trump’s…