The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has had a chance of leadership, and that could affect who gets honored.

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

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. / 46th Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. / AP Photo/Ben Curtis / Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Trump has sought to reshape the use of executive authority ...

the Kennedy Center Honors, in his first term. The board has been split equally between Biden’s appointees and Trump’s appointees from his first term. Per The Washington Post, Biden appointed a ...

She helped keep the Kennedy Center Honors, the popular annual telecast recognizing distinguished American artists, robust during Mr. Trump’s first term, when he broke with precedent and declined ...

President Donald Trump notably broke tradition from previous presidents by not attending the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony throughout his first term in office. “This is not related to the ...

Trump famously broke with tradition and didn’t attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors throughout his presidency amid protests from some of the high-profile performers being recognized at the gala.

Donald Trump declined to attend the Kennedy Center Honors during his first term, while his administration proposed a massive scale back of federal arts funding. But the board of the Kennedy Center ...

Unlike Democratic President Joe Biden and other presidents through the decades, Trump did not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremonies during his first term. Shortly after Trump’s post ...

Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live ...