Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell raged on social media after Grammy-winning banjo player Béla Fleck became the latest artist to cancel on the venue.

Trump’s year long effort to take over the Kennedy Center began when he started stuffing the board with sycophants, the more shameless the better.

Toby Morton shared a screenshot of the message to Threads, where he wrote: "I'm speechless and incredibly grateful."

The Kennedy Center on Friday quickly added Donald Trump's name to the performing arts center Congress designated as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy, a day after the center's board of trustees voted to make the change.

The Kennedy Center has lost additional acts over the addition of President Donald Trump's name being added to the historic arts venue.

Amidst the dust-up over the renaming of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, “The Donald Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts” — with Democrats livid at the renaming — a central fact is missing.

Chelsea Handler brought her signature humor to the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, taking aim at the recent renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) sued the Trump administration seeking to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, calling the move unconstitutional. Beatty, an ex officio board member,