News Summary

• Trump avoided the Kennedy Center Honors awards program during his first term after artists said they would not attend out of protest.
• This year, the Republican president has taken over as the center's new chairman and fired the board of trustees, which he replaced with loyalists.
• The remaining two honorees are the rock band KISS and actor-singer Michael Crawford.
• In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump teased a name change for the center, formally the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and said it would be restored to its past glory.