A federal decide in D.C. ordered the Trump administration to certify by midday on Saturday that it has complied with a court docket order to take away President Donald Trump’s identify from the Kennedy Center, granting a quick extension requested by the Division of Justice.
The extension comes after a federal appeals court docket on Friday night time denied the DOJ’s request for an administrative keep of a court docket order that requires the elimination of Trump’s identify from the Washington, D.C., performing arts middle.
The Trump administration had made a last-minute request to ask the court docket to step in and block the elimination of Trump’s identify forward of a deadline of midnight Friday.
The wall of the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts is roofed in tarp after President Donald Trump’s identify was eliminated, in Washington, June 13, 2026.
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The federal government requested “a brief extension of time” for 12 hours till midday on June 13, saying the work “has been delayed due to thunderstorms within the District of Columbia that offered security issues for staff,” in line with the federal government’s newest submitting.
In an earlier submitting with the D.C. Circuit, the Trump administration argued that eradicating Trump’s identify would stall fundraising, forestall repairs from going down and confuse the general public.
“Nobody else apart from President Trump could be within the place of each rebuilding the Constructing, and elevating the cash for its operation,” the submitting said, saying the performing arts middle will be ” the envy of the World,” and arguing the constructing may endure a “monetary and structural collapse.”
Trump’s identify has already been faraway from the Kennedy Middle’s web site and YouTube web page.
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