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Judge temporarily halts Kennedy Center closure and orders removal of Trump’s name from building

Judge temporarily halts Kennedy Center closure and orders removal of Trump’s name from building

Published by Sam Flores

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from closing the Kennedy Center for repairs and ordered the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the building and its website. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled Friday that Trump’s handpicked board did not have the authority to rename the facility on its own. “The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” the judge wrote in his 94-page decision, issued on Kennedy’s birthday. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.” Trump blasted the ruling in a lengthy post on Truth Social and suggested that for now he was washing his hands of the institution he named himself chair of last year. “I cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish …

Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible

Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible

Published by Jenni Sidey

The first time you meet Sailor Cassidy, she is fishing a half-smoked joint out of the tab of an empty Coors Light can while a tiny imaginary miner hammers away at the inside of her skull. By the second page you already know two things: there will be sugary cocktails involved, and Kennedy Weible is the kind of writer who notices the cigarette butts in the puddle behind a bar and treats them like supporting characters. Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible begins with a hangover and never quite shakes it off, which turns out to be the point. The Grand Strand is a place that wakes up every day a little wrecked, and the book inhabits that mood with a steadiness that feels lived-in rather than performed. Set in the days leading into Thanksgiving, this is a novel about a town that vacationers think they know and locals understand differently. There are Confederate flag beach towels in the windows of every souvenir shop and McMansions built with what the contractor calls budget that should have …

Jack Schlossberg Responds to Campaign Chaos Report, In New Vanity Fair Interview

Jack Schlossberg Responds to Campaign Chaos Report, In New Vanity Fair Interview

Published by Sam Flores

Read a transcript of the interview below. Mark Guiducci: Have you been to the Oval Office? Jack Schlossberg: I have. And I’ll tell you, it vibrates. That thing vibrates. There is so much energy coming out of it. It’s like, it glows. And I—that sounds, like, woo-woo, but it’s true. There’s a heavy vibe coming out of that, that room. It particularly glows these days. Yeah. Right. Yeah, with all the gold. Jack Schlossberg, welcome to Vanity Fair. Mark Guiducci, thank you for having me. Very happy to be here. Very happy you’re here. We were interested in talking to you today because you’re running for Congress in Manhattan at a time when a lot of people would say the Democrats, they don’t know what they’re doing, they don’t know what they stand for, and that voters everywhere are hungry for a new approach to politics. You’re also from a family which has been at or near the center of American politics for seven decades, and has been much covered in the pages of our …

Jack Schlossberg Is the Clout Candidate for New York’s Young Professionals

Jack Schlossberg Is the Clout Candidate for New York’s Young Professionals

Published by Sam Flores

Leah Cumming, a furniture designer, hosted a meet and greet with the candidate in April at her Chelsea pad. It was a pizza, wine, and cake night for around 70 people. Guests stood and sat around Cumming’s living room as the candidate spoke to the crew of mostly late 20-somethings and early 30-somethings for about 20 minutes. By the end, his button-down shirt had come untucked as he worked the room. It felt “social” and “not too, too political,” says Lilly Sisto, a 30-year-old influencer who attended. “Super casual.” “Make America Great Again” animated a swath of working class voters who were typically disengaged from politics. By way of response, Schlossberg offers his “Believe in Something Again,” a slogan he hopes will unlock a coalition of big-city professionals, Fashion Institute of Technology matriculators, and real-life Gossip Girl types. Their interest in the bakeoff to succeed 78-year-old Jerry Nadler in Congress often revolves around one person. “I think they’re all irrelevant,” says one young Schlossberg organizer about the candidates in the race who aren’t TikTok-massive descendants …

‘Fool me once…’ Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing : NPR

‘Fool me once…’ Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

A general view shows the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on January 10, 2026. Two lawsuits are calling to halt the closure of the Center for renovations. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee, is also asking for the removal of President Trump’s name from the Center, an act that was not approved by Congress. Since the name change, artists have cancelled performances and ticket sales have declined. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers made arguments in hearings for two separate lawsuits against President Trump and the Kennedy Center’s board this week. Representative Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee of the Center, is suing to remove President Trump’s name from the Center and stop its closure for renovations. In a related lawsuit, a coalition of cultural preservation and architecture groups, including the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is also suing to halt the closure until the Center submits renovation plans to Congress for its approval. Less than two months into his second …

Leon Kennedy actor is “cautiously optimistic” for Resident Evil movie

Leon Kennedy actor is “cautiously optimistic” for Resident Evil movie

Published by Daniella Wilson

With Resident Evil Requiem being a smash hit for Capcom, reaching new heights for the series, it further highlights just how naff a lot of the Resident Evil films were, and how IP might ultimately be best suited to the medium of video games, as Ben Starr believes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is. However, there is another Resident Evil film in the works from Weapons director Zach Cregger, with Austin Abrams acting as the lead. Arguably, Resident Evil’s most famous protagonist is none other than Leon S Kennedy, and so during the BAFTA Games Awards 2026, Radio Times caught up with the man behind the new voice of Leon, Nick Apostolides, to gauge his thoughts on the upcoming movie. “I am very cautiously optimistic.” Apostolides told us, adding that “I’ve been let down in the past”. Want to see this content? This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, choose ‘Accept and continue’ …

US Health Secretary Kennedy to Share David Geier’s HHS Contract With Senators by Week’s End

US Health Secretary Kennedy to Share David Geier’s HHS Contract With Senators by Week’s End

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. ⁠Health Secretary Robert F. ⁠Kennedy Jr. told senators on Wednesday he ​saw no issue with sharing his ally David Geier’s ‌Department of Health and ‌Human Services contract with them by the end ⁠of ⁠the week. Geier, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, is employed as ​a contractor and reports to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kennedy testified in his sixth congressional ​hearing over the past week. The release of his employment contract ⁠would ⁠be the first official ⁠detailed ​explanation of the role Geier is playing at the department. ​He has ⁠been listed as a senior data analyst in the HHS employee database. Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Kennedy was asked by Senator Ben Ray Luján, a ⁠Democrat from New Mexico, if he would also commit to ⁠sharing the protocols that govern Geier’s work. Kennedy said he could not because the protocols do not exist yet but that he would share them once Geier’s work was complete. Kennedy has previously said Geier, who like Kennedy has promoted debunked …

Kennedy announces policy changes and faces criticism at House hearings

Kennedy announces policy changes and faces criticism at House hearings

Published by Sam Flores

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced blistering criticism from Democrats over his vaccine policy and overhaul of federal health agencies at two House committee hearings Thursday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Both hearings were about the proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services next year. The department’s funding request includes a $15.8 billion reduction from this year, for a total of $111.1 billion. Kennedy has said he intends to consolidate some of the health agencies within HHS and strengthen their focus on disease prevention. Large parts of the hearings Thursday focused on the sweeping changes Kennedy has made since he assumed the role early last year. Lawmakers commented on Kennedy’s overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule to include fewer universal recommendations (changes that a judge later blocked), his expressions of doubt about the safety of measles vaccines and his suggestion that Tylenol use in pregnancy could be linked to autism. The Trump administration also instituted large staffing cuts across federal health …

Kennedy Says US Health Agency Has 72,000 Staff, up From 62,000 After DOGE Cuts

Kennedy Says US Health Agency Has 72,000 Staff, up From 62,000 After DOGE Cuts

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, April ⁠16 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. ⁠Secretary of Health ​and Human ‌Services Robert F. ‌Kennedy ⁠Jr. ⁠said on Thursday his department ​now has 72,000 ​employees and is looking ⁠to ⁠hire 12,000 ⁠more to ​make up for ​cuts ⁠led by the Department ⁠of Government Efficiency. The department had 82,000 employees ⁠before the DOGE cuts reduced its workforce to 62,000 employees last year, ⁠he said. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein in Washington; ​Editing by ​Chris Reese) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Source link

My Front-Row Seat to the Kennedy Center Implosion

My Front-Row Seat to the Kennedy Center Implosion

Published by José Betancourt

On the day I was laid off from the Kennedy Center, I felt a little like Dolley Madison saving the Stuart portrait of Washington before the British sacked the capital. I was the staffer in charge of the artworks in the building. A crucial difference is that my institution, unlike the White House in 1814, had been on fire for months. About a year elapsed between the moment President Trump took over the Kennedy Center in early 2025 and his declaration this past February that he’d decided to shut down the nation’s cultural center for two years. In between, we had seen artist cancellations, shrinking audiences, firings of old staffers and influxes of new ones—a lot of drama, just not onstage. The date Trump announced for the closure was July 4, the country’s 250th birthday, an event that I had been hired to help commemorate as the institution’s first curator of visual arts and special programming. Though staffers had been assured that we’d have our jobs until July, I was one of dozens of people …