Christopher R. Cooper

The shake-up prompted a backlash from prominent artists including Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Ben Folds and Renée Fleming, who cut ties with the institution amid concerns it was becoming increasingly politicized

Following President Donald Trump’s return from a North Carolina rally on Wednesday, images were released of him looking at a mysterious poster board while seated on Air Force One

Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) sparked strong internet reactions when on Tuesday she recounted a heated exchange she had with President Donald Trump

The effort is part of Trump's broader vision of leaving his cultural and aesthetic mark on the U.S. capital, including a large new ballroom to replace the White House East Wing he ordered demolished, a troubled renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and a planned "triumphal arch" near the nation's main cemetery honoring its war dead

Judge will decide whether Trump-controlled board violated court order blocking president’s name from the facade

The battle over the Kennedy Center's future escalated Thursday as Trump's allies on the board took new steps to commemorate him

Republicans are facing a potentially ugly 2026 midterm election in less than three months

Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ordered the Kennedy Center on Monday to pay $252,479.70 in legal fees and costs to attorneys for musician Chuck Redd within 45 days

Tarps have blocked the Kennedy Center's sign for nearly two weeks

In a Monday night report from The Washington Post, the outlet featured photos it reported were from the previous week and obtained from an activist group named Hands Off the Arts

The Kennedy Center's management isn't committing to scheduling new shows or building up its staff, even as the performing arts venue considers options short of a full two-year closure that a federal judge blocked last month

Justice Department (DOJ) attorneys representing the historic performing arts center asked a district court late Friday evening for a 12-hour extension to the 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline

A formal stay is expected to be filed on Friday after a federal judge had earlier ruled that only Congress could change the name of the center

Trump looking to off-load operations to Congress

How the bruised institution would bounce back after a two-year closure ordered by the president of the United States—and what it would look like once it did—were major questions

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts now features President Trump’s name on its exterior