Federal Judge Blocks Kennedy Center Renaming for Trump and Two-Year Closure Plan

A federal judge ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center and blocked a planned two-year closure of the venue. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center board violated federal law by adding Trump's name, as only Congress has the authority to change the institution's name, Deadline and Rolling Stone reported. The judge also granted a preliminary injunction halting the closure plan, which Trump had threatened to begin July 4, according to Variety. The ruling gives the administration two weeks to comply with the name change reversal, Bleeding Cool noted.