Kennedy Center removes Trump's name after judge rejects emergency appeal to block enforcement

Following a federal judge's May 30 ruling that the Kennedy Center board acted illegally in renaming the venue after Trump, workers removed 'The Donald J Trump and' from the building's exterior around 3am Saturday after the Center missed the Friday 11:59pm deadline. Justice Department lawyers representing Trump and the Kennedy Center board filed an emergency appeal to block the removal, which the judge rejected. The enforcement action represents a concrete judicial consequence for the administration's attempt to place Trump's name on the federally-funded cultural institution. Trump had previously attacked the judge and threatened to withhold federal funding from the Kennedy Center in response to the original ruling.