A US judge has ⁠ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the iconic Washington venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.

A federal judge hit pause on President Trump's plans to close the Kennedy Center for two years of renovations, and ordered the center to remove Mr. Trump's name, too.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations — the latest legal setback for Trump's efforts to leave his personal mark on the landscape of the nation's…

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.

Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said.

A federal judge has ruled that President Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.

A federal judge ordered Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center, ruling the board overstepped its authority by unilaterally renaming the venue.

The controversy erupted after the board — led by Trump as chairman along with several of his allies serving as trustees — voted last year to rename the landmark cultural institution the “Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”

The move by the board of trustees the Kennedy Center to add President Donald Trump's name to the cultural institution was illegal, a federal judge ruled Friday.