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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as seen from the Washington Monument, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kennedy Center will close for renovations after judge blocks returning Trump’s name to building

September 15, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according...

An sculpture of President John F. Kennedy is seen at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Donald Trump’s name on the building or grounds in any way

September 15, 2026 at 12:05 p.m.

A federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center on Tuesday from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the iconic performing arts venue.

Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Abdullah Güçlü, Pool Photo via AP)

New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One stories, raising press freedom concerns

July 11, 2026 at 11:48 a.m.

The Department of Justice has subpoenaed New York Times journalists after they reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One.

Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard talk with a man while positioned outside of Union Station in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

‘Leave our kids alone’: Schools reopen in DC with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols

August 26, 2025 at 6:18 a.m.

Public schools reopened in the nation’s tense capital with parents on edge over the presence in their midst of thousands of National Guard troops.

FILE – Brian Schwalb, attorney general for the District of Columbia, center, speaks outside the federal courthouse, Sept. 3, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Lindsay Whitehurst, File)

New lawsuit challenges President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of DC police department as crackdown intensifies

August 15, 2025 at 8:41 a.m.

The nation’s capital challenged President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration stepped up its crackdown on policing by naming a federal...

National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AG Pam Bondi names DEA head as DC’s ’emergency police commissioner,’ but capital leaders push back

August 15, 2025 at 6:17 a.m.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration as Washington’s "emergency police commissioner."

Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as Metropolitan Police wait in a parking lot before driving along Kennedy Street NW in a caravan, in the early morning of Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DC residents protest as White House says federal agents will be on patrol 24/7

August 14, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence.

Federal law enforcement officers patrol The Wharf, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington law enforcement begins as National Guard troops arrive

August 13, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

The new picture of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., began taking shape as some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving.

FILE – The Kennedy Center is seen Aug. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Kennedy Center’s events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled, organizers say

April 25, 2025 at 7:39 p.m.

Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and...

Comedian Conan O'Brien walks out on stage at the start of the 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Conan O'Brien, Sunday, March 23, 2025, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Conan O’Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center

March 24, 2025 at 7:06 a.m.

On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O'Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center...

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