The Justice Division filed a certification in federal courtroom one hour earlier than a choose’s Saturday midday deadline that stated President Donald Trump’s identify has been “eliminated” from “all bodily signage on the Kennedy Center constructing and grounds.”
The Trump administration had made a last-minute request to ask the courtroom to step in and block the removing of Trump’s identify forward of a deadline of midnight Friday.
The wall of the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts is roofed in tarp after President Donald Trump’s identify was eliminated, in Washington, June 13, 2026.
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The federal government requested “a brief extension of time” for 12 hours till midday on June 13, saying the work “has been delayed due to thunderstorms within the District of Columbia that offered security considerations for employees,” in response to the federal government’s newest submitting.
A federal choose in D.C. ordered the Trump administration to certify by midday on Saturday that it has complied with a courtroom order to take away Trump’s identify from the granting a short extension.
The extension got here after a federal appeals courtroom on Friday evening denied the DOJ’s request for an administrative keep of a courtroom order that requires the removing of Trump’s identify from the Washington, D.C., performing arts heart.
In an earlier submitting with the D.C. Circuit, the Trump administration argued that eradicating Trump’s identify would stall fundraising, stop repairs from happening and confuse the general public.
“Nobody else apart from President Trump can be within the place of each rebuilding the Constructing, and elevating the cash for its operation,” the submitting said, saying the performing arts heart could be ” the envy of the World,” and arguing the constructing may endure a “monetary and structural collapse.”
Trump’s identify has already been faraway from the Kennedy Middle’s web site and YouTube web page.
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