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Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump's name to the facade of the performing arts building
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to add President Donald Trump's name to the facade of the performing arts venue and move forward with a two-year closure, according to Rep. Joyce Beatty, a trustee through her position in Congress, and her lawyers.
A representative for the Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The moves set up a test of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who ruled in May that letters affixed to the building and spelling out Trump's name were added illegally. The judge ordered them removed and at the same time blocked a closure that was set to take effect July 5, saying that an earlier board vote endorsing the move was “ill-informed and seemingly preordained.”