MoveOn Petition in partnership with Qommittee has started a petition calling to suspend funding of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts amid Donald Trump’s takeover. The petition, which has acquired nearly 100,000 signatures, comes in the wake of Trump adding his name to the Center, and the subsequent wave of artists canceling their shows in protest. The {…}

On Friday Dec. 19, 2025, the name of President Donald J. trump has been added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The new signage was installed just a day after the Kennedy Center board, made up primarily of trump allies “voted unanimously” to rename the center. The building will now be known {…}

The Kennedy family has reacted to the renaming of The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Performing Arts. Many of the family members took to social media to share their thoughts and slammed the current administration. In a statement Maria Shriver, daughter of Eunice Kennedy said, “The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named {…}

Kennedy Center Ex-Officio Board Members have released a statement regarding President Trump’s illegal effort to rename the performing arts center. In a statement, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), House Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA-02), and {…}

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts is set to be renamed The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. CNN is reporting that the board of Trustees voted to rename the performing arts center in a unanimous vote. Spokeswoman Roma Daravi said in a statement, “The Kennedy Center Board {…}

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) has expanded his investigation into the mismanagement of the Kennedy Center. The senator sent a new letter to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to investigate the Kennedy Center leadership’s potential mismanagement of federal funding and disregard of federal contracting standards in an {…}