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Trump can’t rename Kennedy Center after himself or close it down, judge says

The Independent·Alex Woodward·3 days ago
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A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump from renaming the Kennedy Center the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” nor can the president close it down for repairs. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C. won’t let the president name the iconic performing arts center after himself, noting that Congress made it “crystal clear” that the building is to be named after former President John F. Kennedy, “and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial” based on a “unilateral say-so” from a Trump-appointed board. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” Cooper wrote in Friday’s injunction.…

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