{"id":160,"date":"2026-05-29T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:47:13","slug":"trump-says-he-will-transfer-kennedy-center-to-congress-after-court-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He Will &#8216;Transfer&#8217; Kennedy Center to Congress After Court Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Mike Scarcella and Jack Queen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; President Donald Trump on Friday \u2060said \u2060his administration will transfer control of the Kennedy \u2060Center to Congress, after a judge ordered the removal of Trump&#8217;s name from the iconic Washington venue and \u200bblocked his plans to close it for renovations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=158\">Trump Signs Order Aimed at Removing Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump said on social media that he instructed the U.S. Commerce Department to &#8220;make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a \u200cfull and complete transfer of this Institution&#8221; and \u200cgive lawmakers responsibility over its operation, maintenance and management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It was not immediately clear how Trump&#8217;s directive could be carried out. The Kennedy Center was created by \u2060Congress in 1958 \u2060and is run by a board of trustees that the president has packed with allies in \u200bhis second term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s announcement came after a judge on Friday ruled that the performing arts center, which Trump renamed the &#8220;Trump Kennedy Center,&#8221; cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington directed the Trump administration to take down all physical signage bearing Trump\u2019s name and to eliminate any references to a &#8220;Trump Kennedy Center&#8221; \u200bfrom official materials within 14 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;The Kennedy Center&#8217;s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, \u2060and it \u2060cannot bear any other formal name \u2060or public memorial based on \u200bthe Board&#8217;s unilateral say-so,&#8221; Cooper wrote. &#8220;Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Cooper&#8217;s order also stopped the \u200bTrump administration\u2019s planned two-year closure of the \u2060Kennedy Center for major renovations, though the judge said &#8220;sorely needed&#8221; repairs to the aging building could move forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The judge said his decision &#8220;does not purport to dictate how the Center should be run, nor does it prescribe any particular plan for the institution \u2014 construction, closure, or otherwise \u2014 moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a Friday post on Truth Social, Trump said large-scale renovations set to begin next month would be impossible without a closure and that Cooper&#8217;s order to keep the center open would be dangerous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2060cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish in plain and open sight,&#8221; \u2060Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=156\">US, Mexico Conclude First Round of Trade Deal Talks on Autos, Metals, Security<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Cooper ruled in a lawsuit brought by Ohio Democratic U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty, a member of the Kennedy Center&#8217;s board by virtue of her position in Congress. Beatty in a statement after the ruling said the &#8220;Kennedy Center is an institution that belongs to the American people, not to Donald Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>PUSH TO REMAKE WASHINGTON<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s plan to renovate the center is part of a broader push by the Republican leader to reshape Washington&#8217;s monumental core. He also intends to erect a 250-foot (76-meter) arch and to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the site of the demolished East Wing of the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Those efforts also face court challenges. A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to move ahead with building the ballroom as it considers a lawsuit seeking to block it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Beatty sued the Trump administration in December, calling \u2060the renaming of the building \u201ca flagrant violation of the rule of law&#8221; that &#8220;flies in the face of our constitutional order.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Her lawyers in a statement applauded Cooper&#8217;s decision. &#8220;This is a powerful blow against the Trump administration\u2019s corruption,\u201d attorneys Norm Eisen and Nathaniel Zelinsky said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The board could still close the Kennedy Center, Cooper wrote, \u201cshould it come to this decision anew after independently balancing its multiple obligations to the Center \u200bin a prudent fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Kennedy Center opened in 1971 as a living memorial to the late President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Reporting \u200bby Mike Scarcella; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Edmund Klamann and Andrea Ricci )<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=154\">Poison Frontman Bret Michaels Is Latest Artist to Withdraw From Freedom 250 Concerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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