# Kennedy Center votes to close after efforts to add Trump’s name to building

https://mins.news/en/video/60115

- CBC News, 2026-09-16 00:05 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opXoZqVgXf0

> The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted to shut most of the performing arts venue after a federal judge blocked the institution from restoring President Donald Trump’s name to the building just hours earlier.

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