Rep. Joyce Beatty Files Emergency Motion Against Trump's Proposed Kennedy Center Signage
Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) has filed an emergency motion challenging the Trump administration's revised plans for signage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This action follows the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees' notification to a federal district court in Washington, D.C., that they would incorporate President Trump's name in several ways, rather than renaming the entire facility the 'Trump-Kennedy Center.' The proposed changes include calling the facility 'The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, renovated and restored by President Donald J. Trump,' and further extending this name once the 'Trump Kennedy Center Fund' reaches a $100 million endowment. Additionally, the currently unnamed grounds where the facility stands would be designated as the 'President Donald J. Trump Plaza.' Beatty, an ex officio member of the board, argues these actions violate a May 29, 2026, court decision which stated the Center must be named for President Kennedy and cannot bear...