Will the Kennedy Center become the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts?

by The editor•29 July 2025•NPR

President Donald Trump looks down from the Presidential Box in the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

The GOP bill is called the “Make Entertainment Great Again Act,” but it focuses on one particular venue: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Significant obstacles stand in the way.

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