May 29, 2026
A D.C. federal judge blocked the closure and purported renaming of the Kennedy Center on Friday, ordering President Donald Trump's name removed from the building's facade and ruling that the board of the iconic performing arts hub violated its statutory duty when it failed to fully assess the closure's impacts.
April 28, 2026
A D.C. federal judge appeared uninterested in having to "micromanage" the Kennedy Center's renovation projects from the bench, but also suggested that conflicting accounts of the actual scale of the proposed work at the performing arts center could pose a problem for the Trump administration's plans to close the facility for renovations.