Kennedy Center Director Tells Court Building Will Be Closed For A Week—‘Unless Extended’

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is shuttered for at least a week to assess alleged “safety risks,” its director told a federal court Thursday, after opponents of the Trump administration’s takeover of the venue called for an emergency hearing over the building’s sudden closure—and President Donald Trump suggested the Kennedy Center could be “ripped down.”

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