Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed a lawsuit over the name change of the John F. Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center on Monday evening. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced last week that the building would be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center after a board vote,

Rep. Joyce Beatty or Ohio argued in her lawsuit that adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center violated federal law.

Chuck Redd canceled his 20-year holiday tradition after Trump's name was added to the Kennedy Center, joining multiple artists boycotting the venue

During the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors broadcast, CBS listed the event without the “Trump” addition despite the recent controversial renaming of the iconic institution

In a December 18 post on X, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote that a board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. "just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center,

Despite the 79-year-old president trying to muscle the rebrand into the country’s living rooms while hosting what he called “THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER HONORS” on Tuesday evening, CBS aired the 48th Kennedy Center Honors with the institution’s long-standing name,

President Donald Trump will host the first Kennedy Center Honors since he appointed himself board chair and renamed the building in his honor