Demonstrators in US form human chain to protest Kennedy Center closure vote
'Hands Around the Kennedy Center' rally drew thousands after Trump-backed board votes to close the iconic arts venue.
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'Hands Around the Kennedy Center' rally drew thousands after Trump-backed board votes to close the iconic arts venue.
Protesters took part in a "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" human chain. The demonstration comes amid fears the Trump administration could tear the arts hub down.
Protestors gathered outside Washington’s Kennedy Center after President Trump’s plans to close the arts venue.
The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke to the late president's niece, as protesters gathered at the venue to condemn demolition threats.
Records in 2024 show the venue had a surplus of millions of dollars once contributions and grants had been factored in.
Photographs of the AFP that show Donald Trump watching a sign that seems to evoke a demolition of the Kennedy Center, Washington's high cultural site that the U.S. president threatens to condemn if his name is not attached to it, make a round of media on Thursday.
The 84-year-old interpreter questions the President's threats about the closing of the Kennedy Center and the 28-year-old Swedish artist has denounced the use of 'Midnight Sun' in a White House video about deportations
Images taken by an AFP photographer show American President Donald Trump on board Air Force One, examining a printed copy of the Kennedy Center in which the word "demolished" appears to be read. The photo was taken after the president warned that the performing arts center could be destroyed. Hours later, his administration argued before a court that the compound should be closed due to a "structural deterioration," the last turn in Trump's dispute for linking its name to the building.