Overview

• At a press event in Washington, President Trump unveiled this year’s honorees: Sylvester Stallone, KISS, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait and Michael Crawford.
• He said he was about 98% involved in the selection process and turned down nominees he deemed “too woke.”
• For the first time, a sitting president will personally host the December Kennedy Center Honors ceremony.
• Since assuming the board chair in February, Trump’s overhaul has led to artist cancellations, staff departures and a drop in ticket sales and donations.
• Republicans have advanced bills to rename the Opera House after Melania Trump and the entire Center for Donald Trump, and CBS’s broadcast deal expires after this ceremony.