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The Kennedy Center says it has removed Trump’s name from the building and related exterior references after a federal judge ordered the changes and declined to pause the ruling.

In a filing, the center said it had completed the work by June 13. The order requiring removal came earlier, on May 29, and a June 12 ruling refused to delay it. The court said Congress created and named the Kennedy Center, and any formal change to that name would have to come from Congress, not from the center’s leadership.

The dispute was over whether the venue could attach Trump’s name without that approval. The court’s answer was that it could not. The center’s filing says it has now carried out the order by removing the name from visible signage and other covered references.

The result is limited to the branding at issue in the case. It does not erase the building’s history or require a wholesale rewrite of every reference to the center. But as of the June 13 compliance date, Trump’s name was no longer on the facade or other materials the ruling reached.