- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to explain by July 31 why a tarp and scaffolding now cover the Kennedy Center façade after the court-ordered removal of Trump's name.
- The tarp was installed during a predawn operation to strip the name after a judge ruled the renaming was unlawful; the administration has asked an appeals court to pause that order.
- Rep. Joyce Beatty’s lawyers say the tarp looks like an effort to block restoration of the original signage and called it "petty defiance" — a political kerfuffle at a famous D.C. landmark.
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