Judge Denies Trump's Bid to Keep Name at Kennedy Center

A federal judge has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's request to temporarily halt the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, pending an appeals court decision. The judge ruled that only Congress can rename the venue, which honors former President John F. Kennedy.

A federal judge in Washington on Friday declined U.S. President Donald Trump's request to temporarily pause an order to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said he would not lift the order while a federal appeals court considers his ruling that only Congress could rename the famed venue in the nation's capital memorializing former President John F. Kennedy.

The Trump administration has also appealed the order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.