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Yesterday — 20 December 2025Main stream

Kennedy Center, Memorial to JFK, Is Trump’s Now, Too

20 December 2025 at 06:50
The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Crew members unveiling the new name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday morning.

Trump’s Name Joins Kennedy’s on Performing Arts Center’s Facade

Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

President Trump’s name was added to the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Friday.

Weighing Politics and Morality in the Israel Debate

20 December 2025 at 02:45
Readers respond to an essay criticizing U.S. Democrats’ failure to resolve the conflict in Gaza. Also: Trump’s Kennedy Center rebrand; blaming immigrants after the Brown shooting.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Kennedy Center Board Moves to Rename It the Trump-Kennedy Center

19 December 2025 at 07:38
The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was so named by law.
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