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Jun 13
With the delay, the letters may not come down until the middle of the night — when many are signed off and asleep.
As Deadline Passes, Kennedy Center Asks For More Time To Remove Trump's Name From Facade deadline.com/2026/06/trump-k…
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As Deadline Passes, Kennedy Center Asks For More Time To Remove Trump's Name From Facade deadline.com/2026/06/trump-k…
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Jun 13
Gotta be the first time a group of workers doing a building renovation were covered live on national TV. With a few hundred spectators cheering them on.
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It is after midnight in D.C., after the court deadline to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. The DOJ has now filed for a 12-hour extension of time to remove the letters, saying that the work was delayed by thunderstorms earlier in the evening. courtlistener.com/docket/720…
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Jun 12
Workers are back at the scaffolding just minutes after appellate court denied Kennedy Center’s emergency motion to stay order to remove Trump’s name.
Crowd is chanting “Take it down! Take it down!
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Gene Shalit Dies: Longtime 'Today' Show Movie Critic Was 100 deadline.com/2026/06/gene-sh…
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Jun 12
If I'm reading this correctly, the Kennedy Center is claiming to have conditioned all donations on keeping Trump's name attached, so removing it would mean returning all donations that have come in since they renamed the place? What on earth
Jun 12
BREAKING: Donald Trump just filed his emergency stay in the DC circuit to keep his name on the Kennedy Center & it is batsh** crazy
He clearly wrote big pieces himself
We have filed our opposition, fighting for the rule of law & the American people
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Justice Department Explains Why It Cleared Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal: "Not Likely To Result In Harm To Competition Or American Consumers" deadline.com/2026/06/paramon…
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Jun 12
Crews were at the Kennedy Center, with crowds watching for the removal of Donald Trump’s name. But the center has filed an emergency motion with the DC circuit to retain the name pending an appeal.
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DOJ Gives Thumbs Up To Paramount's $111B WBD Acquisition; States Ponder Next Move deadline.com/2026/06/paramou…
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Jun 12
View of Kennedy Center after judge declines Trump request x.com/i/broadcasts/1aKbddldj…
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Rep. Joyce Beatty, the Democratic congresswoman and Kennedy Center board member who sued her fellow trustees over adding Trump’s name, is here.
I asked her what it means to see the crowd gathered outside the arts venue today. Here’s what she told me @CityCast_DC:
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C SPAN coverage of the removal of Trump’s name from facade of Kennedy Center.
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Kennedy Center Board Seeks Court Ruling To Keep Donald Trump's Name On Facade As It Appeals Judge's Decision deadline.com/2026/06/trump-k…
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Jun 12
Trump & other defendants have filed notice of appeal of judge’s decision that the president’s name has to come off Kennedy Center & can only close if full impact is considered. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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JD Vance To Guest On ABC's 'The View' In VP's First Appearance On Show deadline.com/2026/06/jd-vanc…
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Jun 11
More images from a preview today of the upcoming UFC event at the White House.
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The ring has sponsors BudLight, Monaco, Toyo Tires, Fre Nicotine Pouches, Crypto, Cuervo Tequila, Total Wireless, Stake Casino Experience, Dutton Ranch, Vechain, Pitboss Grills, Polymarket and the law firm of Morgan and Morgan.
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