Event Brief
Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from adding Trump name
By The BriefBrief · Sources (27)
Filed: Sep 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
Summary: A federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center board from inscribing President Donald Trump’s name on the center’s main building and from naming its campus after him. The order by Judge Christopher Cooper follows a May injunction requiring removal of Trump’s name from the center’s official name and facade.
WHO: Judge Christopher Cooper
WHAT: Blocked the Kennedy Center board from inscribing President Donald Trump’s name on the main building and from naming the campus after Trump
WHEN: Sep 15, 2026
WHERE: Washington, D.C., USA
WHY: The judge said the board cannot install memorials for President Trump without Congress’s blessing, citing violations of the permanent injunction issued in May directing removal of Trump’s name from the center’s official name.
Sources (27):
ABC Australia,
ABC News,
Al Jazeera,
BBC News,
Bloomberg,
CBS News,
CNBC Top News,
Deutsche Welle,
Euronews,
Financial Times,
Fox News,
France 24,
Jerusalem Post,
LA Times,
NBC News,
NPR,
New York Times,
PBS NewsHour,
Politico Europe,
South China Morning Post,
Straits Times,
The Hindu,
The Independent,
UPI,
WATE 6 On Your Side,
WBIR 10News,
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay
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