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Judge Blocks Trump’s Kennedy Center Renaming, Cites CongressJudge Blocks Trump’s Kennedy Center Renaming, Cites Congress

6/13/2026

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Judge Blocks Renaming

Judge Christopher Cooper ruled only Congress can rename the Kennedy Center, citing the 1964 law honoring President John F. Kennedy.
Federal judges simultaneously challenged the Trump administration’s naming of the Kennedy Center and its pause on immigration applications.
The Trump administration appealed the order removing President Donald Trump’s name and green-card pause directive.
The Kennedy Center board, appointed by Trump, voted to seek a D.C. Circuit stay.

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Judge Blocks Fee

A Massachusetts federal judge declared the $100,000 employer skilled-worker visa fee an unlawful tax.
Courts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Trump administration attached President Donald Trump’s name to Kennedy Center, halting immigration measures.
A Rhode Island judge invalidated immigration rules that threatened immigrants’ ability to stay, prompting appeals.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to give written assurance on the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

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Judge Blocks Renaming

Judge Christopher Cooper ruled only Congress can rename the Kennedy Center, citing the 1964 law honoring President John F. Kennedy.
Federal judges simultaneously challenged the Trump administration’s naming of the Kennedy Center and its pause on immigration applications.
The Trump administration appealed the order removing President Donald Trump’s name and green-card pause directive.
The Kennedy Center board, appointed by Trump, voted to seek a D.C. Circuit stay.

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