President Donald Trump announced on his so-called Truth Social platform on February 7, 2025, that he will be taking over the ...

Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, brought on by Rubenstein in 2014, resigned soon after the board shake-up. Trump ...

The Kennedy Center Honors, however, are a different matter altogether—their decline is not a local Beltway matter but a problem of national importance.

Donald Trump's move to fire about half of the board of the Kennedy Center was reflected in the arts organization's roster.

Shonda Rhimes, who had been treasurer of the Kennedy Center, has resigned from the board following Donald Trump’s takeover of ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

Shonda Rhimes has resigned from the board of trustees for the Kennedy Center after Donald Trump appointed himself chairman.

Donald Trump is not only upending American governance; he also intends to wield cultural influence. So he is taking on an unusual presidential side gig, as chairman of The John F. Kennedy Center ...

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center ... ignored the center during his first term, becoming the first president to routinely skip the honors ceremony.

Also income-producing are two major broadcast events: the presentation of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Kennedy Center Honors program, which celebrates prominent people in the ...