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Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings
In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name is purged from the facade of the Washington building A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the former president’s name. Work began in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after the performing arts venue missed a federal judge’s two-week deadline to excise the words ‘The Donald J Trump and’ from its exterior by Friday at 11.59pm. Continue reading...
What happened
According to The Guardian’s source item, Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings, In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name is purged from the facade of the Washington building A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the former president’s name. Work began in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after the performing arts venue missed a federal judge’s two-week deadline to excise the words ‘The Donald J Trump and’ from its exterior by Friday at 11.59pm. Continue reading…
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- Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulingsThe Guardian - 2026-06-13T11:30:23+00:00
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