CELEBRITYBREAKING: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty made a defiant stand for historical preservation in December 2025 by filing a federal lawsuit to block the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the “Trump-Kennedy Center.” The legal challenge, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that the center’s board of trustees lacked the statutory authority to alter a name established by federal law,

asserting that such a change rests solely within the power of Congress. Beatty, a member of the center’s board, characterized the renaming process as a procedural overreach, alleging that dissenting voices were silenced during the vote.

asserting that such a change rests solely within the power of Congress. Beatty, a member of the center’s board, characterized the renaming process as a procedural overreach, alleging that dissenting voices were silenced during the vote.