Kennedy Center drops Trump in announcing Bill Maher Mark Twain Award guests
The change follows a memo ordering staff to use the center’s official name and complete the rebranding by June 12.
- On Monday, the Kennedy Center removed President Donald Trump's name from its website, complying with a federal judge's ruling that the institution's board had illegally renamed the venue designated as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled last month that the board's vote to add Trump's name was illegal, declaring Congress was 'crystal clear' that the center must bear the name of the slain president alone.
- While the website change is complete, the venue's exterior still displays 'The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.' The center's general counsel ordered staff to remove the name from all official documents by June 12.
- Following the ruling, President Trump called Judge Cooper 'an anti Trump Hater' on social media and predicted the performing arts center would 'soon be closed, probably never to open again' under congressional control.
- Amid the controversy, the Kennedy Center announced that comedian Bill Maher will receive the 27th Mark Twain Award for American Humor during a June 28 ceremony, with Jay Leno among the guest speakers.
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Trump's Name Is Gone From Kennedy Center Website
The Kennedy Center's website looks a little different this week. The performing arts institution has stripped President Trump's name from its online materials, complying with a federal judge's order that it stop presenting itself as the "Trump Kennedy Center," the Guardian reports. Staff were told in a memo last week...
Kennedy Center eliminated President Donald Trump's name from its website on Monday, but not from the front of Washington's prestigious showroom, after an American federal judge ordered the board of directors on 29 May to remove within two weeks any reference "to President Trump or anyone other than President Kennedy . . . . from the building itself, from the Kennedy Center website or from any registered brand," AFP reports.
Kennedy Center drops Trump in announcing Bill Maher Mark Twain Award guests
The Kennedy Center officially dropped President Trump’s name from the performing venue as reflected by a set of invitations sent on Monday to guests at its annual awards ceremony set to take place later this month. Bill Maher’s name was prominently featured on invitations as a recipient of the Mark Twain Award for American Humor. …
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The Kennedy Center drops ‘Trump’ branding as Bill Maher’s Twain Award guests are revealed
The Kennedy Center drops President Donald Trump’s name from its branding as Bill Maher’s Twain Award guests are revealed.
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