Trump’s Kennedy Center changes are back in court

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White House Headlines - August 27, 2026

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It’s Thursday. The Guiness Book of World Records was first published on this day in 1955. Is there a record for the oldest book of world records?  

Kennedy Center hearing at 2 p.m. 

Kennedy Center hearing at 2 p.m. 

Trump’s stance on data centers 

Trump’s stance on data centers 

Leavitt leaves the White House 

Leavitt leaves the White House 

ATF’s cybersecurity attack 

ATF’s cybersecurity attack 

Trump EO declares U.S. electric grid national emergency 

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What’s next for the (Trump?) Kennedy Center: 

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file

President Trump’s battle to renovate and attach his name to the Kennedy Center returns to court today.  

A Department of Justice (DOJ) legal filing earlier this week argued that the arts complex could suffer financial ruin without the president’s name on the facade and may need to be demolished. 

The site will “deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure,” without renovations, the DOJ said. 

Trump, Trump and more Trump: The Kennedy Center board voted on a resolution this month that would add two inscriptions to the facility: “renovated and restored by President Donald J. Trump,” and “endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.” They also voted to name the site itself the “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”  

Loooong overhaul: The two-year project would shut down most of the performance venues and cost at least $250 million.  

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) originally sued for the removal of Trump’s name, which was completed in June. She filed an emergency motion last week after the board’s vote, saying that the effort to put........

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