Judge asked to take Trump name off Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center's board of trustees, filed a motion Wednesday asking a federal judge to prevent the performing arts center from displaying President Trump's name on its building and branding materials. Beatty's legal challenge argues that Congress established the Kennedy Center as a memorial to former President John F. Kennedy, implying that naming it after another president would violate that original legislative intent. The motion represents an attempt by a Democratic lawmaker to block what appears to be a Trump administration initiative to rebrand the institution. The Kennedy Center, a prominent cultural institution on the National Mall, has historically been associated with the Kennedy family legacy since its founding in the 1960s. The case will test whether a sitting president's administration can unilaterally alter the naming and identity of a congressionally chartered cultural institution.