President Trump 's name must be removed from the Kennedy Center , according to an order signed Friday by a D.C. district judge. The big picture: The ruling is a hit to the president's effort to renovate the performing arts venue, which was scheduled to close later this year so work could begin. Friday's order also halted the closure. Trump has two weeks to remove his name from the building and signage around the facility, per the order. What they're saying: "The Court has concluded that the Board overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump," U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper wrote in a 94-page ruling . "In 1964, Congress deliberately rechristened the 'National Cultural Center' the 'John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,'" Cooper wrote. "The text, structure, and evolution of the organic statute makes the institution's name abundantly clear.…