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- The Kennedy Center is suspending tours effective Friday.
- Volunteer program director Brooks Boeke confirmed the pause.
- Spokesperson P.J. Elliott said the center is reviewing tour routes to improve experience.
- The suspension follows a New York Times report that President Donald Trump gutted the center, cut staff by about 90 percent, lost all paying audience, left the opera house pit trash-filled, and had his rename attempt blocked by courts.
