Judge upholds order to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center

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A federal judge rejected President Trump's emergency request to block the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center, letting stand an earlier court order requiring the nameplate's takedown by Friday. Trump's legal team filed the last-minute appeal attempting to halt what they called an unprecedented erasure of a sitting president's honor. The Kennedy Center had been named for Trump following a major donation, but the dispute centers on whether the naming rights survive political and legal challenges. The ruling clears the way for the physical removal to proceed as scheduled.