Overview
- Host Chuck Redd pulled the long-running Christmas Eve Jazz Jam after seeing the venue and its website reflect the new branding.
- The Kennedy Center updated its site to the Trump Kennedy Center and installed exterior signage bearing the president’s name on Dec. 19.
- The Board of Trustees voted on Dec. 18 to add Donald Trump’s name to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center; the White House says the vote was unanimous.
- Rep. Joyce Beatty has filed a federal lawsuit contesting the board’s authority and says she was muted during the meeting where the vote was taken.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defends the change as credit for Trump’s role in stabilizing the institution, as artists distance themselves and CBS acknowledged the new branding during its Honors broadcast.