Workers began removing President Trump’s name from the white marble facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 13, after missing a Friday night deadline, according to NPR and The New York Times. A federal judge had ruled that only Congress has the authority to rename the center and ordered the removal to be completed by June 12.

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The Kennedy Center was told it had until June 12 to remove the president’s name from the building signs, pamphlets, its website, and anywhere else it appears. After missing the Friday night deadline, crews began work early Saturday, removing letters from the building’s exterior wall.

The dispute originated from attempts to rename the Kennedy Center. The federal judge’s ruling established that only Congress holds statutory authority over the center’s naming, blocking the executive branch’s unilateral renaming attempt. The judge also blocked plans to close the center for an extended renovation.

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