{"id":4355,"date":"2026-06-12T20:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:01:03","slug":"crews-prepare-to-remove-trumps-name-from-kennedy-center-after-judge-denies-board-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4355","title":{"rendered":"Crews prepare to remove Trump&#8217;s name from Kennedy Center after judge denies board request"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A judge has denied a request from the Kennedy Center board to pause an order calling for the removal of President Donald Trump&#8217;s name from the building. Now, crews are preparing to take the signage down.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4353\">Inside the Octagon at the White House<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: <\/strong><strong>Judge blocks renaming of Kennedy Center after Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<h2>Kennedy Center renaming battle<\/h2>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Timeline:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Trump revamped the Kennedy Center board, appointing a group of loyalists. The board elected Trump as its chairman shortly after.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s name added to Kennedy Center day after renaming vote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>In December, the Kennedy Center board voted to rename the facility to include Trump&#8217;s name. Crews began updating the name on the building&#8217;s facade the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4349\">League City crews search for reported body tied to \u2018Texas Killing Fields\u2019 murders<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Then last month, Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the board&#8217;s decision to rename the building was illegal, and that only Congress had the authority to change the name. He gave the board until Friday, June 12, to remove the signage from the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the board learned that their request to pause the removal was denied.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong>Trump elected chairman of Kennedy Center, replaces board with loyalists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to reports from The Associated Press, the center has already removed Trump&#8217;s name in other ways, including on letterhead, in staff email signatures, and in emails to Kenendy Center members.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4345\">Federal judge blocks Paxton\u2019s lawsuit against Democratic fundraising platform<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy Center board can still decide to appeal Cooper&#8217;s May ruling.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crews are preparing to remove Donald Trump&#8217;s name from the Kennedy Center, after a judge denied a request from the board to pause a ruling ordering the removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-j-trump","category-washington-d-c"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crews prepare to remove Trump&#039;s name from Kennedy Center after judge denies board request - Houston Moving Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4355\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crews prepare to remove Trump&#039;s name from Kennedy Center after judge denies board request - Houston Moving Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Crews are preparing to remove Donald Trump&#039;s name from the Kennedy Center, after a judge denied a request from the board to pause a ruling ordering the removal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4355\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Houston Moving Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-12T20:01:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4355#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4355\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e51740aab7bd577378c5f91b003a39ba\"},\"headline\":\"Crews prepare to remove Trump&#8217;s name from Kennedy Center after judge denies board request\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-12T20:01:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4355\"},\"wordCount\":287,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/?p=4355#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/houstonmovingjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2384b4d532a9028b432ee2ad49f296c4.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Donald J. 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