# LIVE: Lutnick to speak as judge weighs challenge to restore Trump's name to Kennedy Center

https://mins.news/en/video/34695

- Reuters, 2026-08-27 17:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5PqlF_gQc

> U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is expected to speak as a federal judge considers a new legal challenge seeking to prevent President Donald Trump's name from being inscribed on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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