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Judge Blocks Renaming Kennedy Center to Trump Plaza

9/8/2026

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  • Judge Christopher R. Cooper ruled the Kennedy Center may bear only President John F. Kennedy’s name, blocking the renaming.
  • President Donald Trump’s board voted to add name to the façade and rename it “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
  • Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty filed an emergency motion to block the vote, calling it a “breathtaking act of defiance.”