In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge says the Kennedy Center must continue its court-ordered removal of President Trump's name from the institution, a judge extended a block on the Justice Department's proposed $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund and the DOJ signed off on Paramount's $110 billion bid for Warner
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In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge says the Kennedy Center must continue its court-ordered removal of President Trump's name from the institution, a judge extended a block on the Justice Department's proposed $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund and the DOJ signed off on Paramount's $110 billion bid for Warner
Workers began removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building. A federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s last-ditch effort to halt an end-of-day deadline to remove the president’s name from the exterior of the Kennedy Center. Circuit's order allows the deadline to remain until the next stage of the appeal.
Appeals court in Washington DC rejected emergency appeal seeking to pause the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the building on Friday – key US politics stories from Friday 12 June at a glance The ongoing fracas over the facade of Washington DC’s Kennedy Center reached a key moment Friday night in the US capital. Update: The Trump Administration late Friday night asked for a 12-hour delay to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center due to thunderstorms.
NPR reported the story as "Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center." The Independent reported the story as "Crews begin work to remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court ruling." Gateway Pundit reported the story as "JUST IN: Appeals Court Rejects Last-Minute Bid to Keep President Trump's Name on Kennedy Center Hours Before Deadline (LIVE FEED OF KENNEDY CENTER)."
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