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The Kennedy Center board voted to immediately close the institution for renovations after warnings from President Trump and his allies about financial ruin if no action is taken. A federal judge previously blocked the board’s plans to add inscriptions including "Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump," ruling that such changes were illegal without congressional approval. Congress had approved $250 million for renovation last year, but Trump said construction would wait until an appeals court rules on the legal challenges.
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The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted to immediately close the institution for renovations, a source familiar with the vote said, after President Trump and his allies on the board repeatedly warned of financial and physical ruin for the center if no action is taken.
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action → align → center
Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board — which is chaired by Mr. Trump and composed of his Cabinet members and political allies — from
to the building after he had previously ordered it to be removed.
asserted
it → block → building
"Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress's blessing," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said in his ruling.
asserted
Cooper → install → ruling
Cooper's ruling came in response to the board's vote in August to add the inscription "Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump" beneath the Kennedy Center's name on the building.
asserted
ruling → come → building
Last December, the board had voted to
the center "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," and added Mr. Trump's name to the facade.
asserted
board → vote → facade
Judge Cooper ruled in May that Mr. Trump's name had been added illegally and .
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name → rule → May
At the time, he also blocked the administration from closing the venue for renovations.
asserted
he → block → renovations
Since Mr. Trump's name was removed, the exterior wall displaying the Kennedy Center's name has been obscured by a tarp-covered scaffold.
asserted
wall → remove → scaffold
Lawyers for the Justice Department argued in court filings in the lawsuit that the center's "dangerously dilapidated, outdated, and decrepit" conditions and recent financial losses put the living memorial to President John F. Kennedy in a "financial and structural death spiral" that requires it to be closed for renovations.
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it → argue → renovations
Last year, Congress approved $250 million for the renovation project.
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Congress → approve → project
In a Truth Social post shortly after the board voted Tuesday, Mr. Trump said that construction would not begin on the center until after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules on a Justice Department appeal of Cooper's earlier order barring the first renaming, with Mr. Trump's name on the building.
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Court → vote → building
"If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place," Mr. Trump said, adding that he has raised $17 million so far in donations to send to the center to "keep it afloat."
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he → overturn → it
The source of the donations mentioned by Mr. Trump was not disclosed, and it's unclear where the donations are going.
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donations → mention → Trump
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