In first Kennedy Center visit, Trump slams 'Hamilton' and lauds other 'Broadway hits'
In his first visit to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since taking over as chairman, President Trump said he never liked 'Hamilton' but expected other 'Broadway hits' to do quite well.
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Watch live: Trump visits Kennedy Center for tour, board meeting
President Trump is scheduled to visit the Kennedy Center on Monday, for a tour and his first board meeting since appointing himself the institution's chair. The president in early February ...The Hill - 3d -
'Hamilton' cancels Kennedy Center run after Trump takeover
'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda said he doesn't want the show to play at what he called the 'Trump Kennedy Center.'Los Angeles Times - Mar. 5 -
Trump to attend Kennedy Center board meeting after takeover
President Trump will visit the Kennedy Center on Monday for a tour and to attend a board meeting weeks after overhauling the cultural institution's leadership and installing himself as its ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump 'disappointed,' vows to 'fix' Kennedy Center after first tour
President Trump says he's "disappointed" with what he saw while touring the Kennedy Center for the first time after naming himself chair of the performing arts institution as part of an ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump Kennedy Center board appointee pitches Mideast franchise, Potomac marina
One of President Trump's first-term appointees to the Kennedy Center board for the performing arts is floating big ideas to revamp the Washington, D.C., cultural mainstay, including a Jacqueline ...The Hill - Mar. 10 -
Kennedy Center actor discusses Trump's takeover
President Trump attended a board meeting at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The meeting came just over a month after Mr. Trump announced the termination of several board members ...CBS News - 3d -
Trump expected to attend Kennedy Center board meeting Monday
In February, Mr. Trump dissolved the Kennedy Center's board of directors and named himself chairman.CBS News - 4d -
Trump Reimagines the Kennedy Center: Elvis, ‘Cats’ and Babe Ruth
A recording of President Trump’s private remarks at a Kennedy Center board meeting shows that he mused about bestowing honors on dead celebrities and people from outside the arts.The New York Times - 2d -
Vance booed at Kennedy Center after Trump board takeover
Vice President Vance was met by a chorus of boos from audience members at the Kennedy Center while attending a National Symphony Orchestra performance late Thursday. The former Ohio senator ...The Hill - Mar. 14 -
Kennedy Center contract employee strips nude in protest video and is promptly fired
Kennedy Center contract employee Tavish Forsyth, troubled by President Trump's takeover of the national arts institution, strips naked and delivers a 35-minute protest poem suggesting that arts ...Los Angeles Times - 20h -
Trump to meet with Kennedy Center board after purge
President Donald Trump said former President Joe Biden's preemptive pardons of members of the Jan. 6 committee are "void" because he signed them by autopen.NBC News - 4d -
Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board
The president, who recently took over Washington’s major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents.The New York Times - 1d -
Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board
The president, who recently took over Washington’s major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents.The New York Times - 1d -
Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees
The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.The New York Times - 5d -
Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari era begins, plus other key storylines as Formula 1 returns
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This 'Wicked' Broadway actor is making history for performers with disabilities
Jenna Bainbridge will be the first wheelchair user to portray Nessarose in the 21-year history of 'Wicked' on Broadway.NBC News - 2h -
Vance booed by audience while attending Kennedy Center performance
Vice President JD Vance received boos and jeers from the audience as he attended a performance at the Kennedy Center with his wife, second lady Usha Vance.NBC News - Mar. 14 -
Breaking down NASA's SpaceX mission launch from Kennedy Space Center
NASA launched SpaceX's Crew-10 mission from the Kennedy Space Center. A Falcon-9 rocket is carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station where they will meet astronauts Suni Williams ...CBS News - 6d -
Experts give Kennedy low marks as measles outbreak tests him
A worsening measles outbreak in West Texas has spread to two other states, providing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his first real test of responding to a major ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.”ABC News - Mar. 7 -
Why Trump's Justice Department visit was controversial
President Trump on Friday became the first president to visit the Justice Department in a decade. The president walked out to cheers from loyal department officials before attacking his predecessor ...CBS News - 6d -
Mizzou commit Anthony Kennedy Jr. relishes family joining him on visit
When Anthony Kennedy Jr. plotted his spring schedule, he saw an opportunity for his entire family to see the school he committed to four months ago. Kennedy traveled up to Missouri for his second ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Trump’s weird obsession with the arts is part of the authoritarian playbook | Charlotte Higgins
His focus on the Kennedy Center fits a pattern. From Augustus to Stalin, strongmen have sought cultural control for their own ends. In Washington, Donald Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center – ...The Guardian - 1d -
What we know about Trump's unusual visit to the Justice Department
President Trump will visit the Justice Department and will be the first president to do so since former President Barack Obama's public appearance in 2015. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.CBS News - Mar. 14 -
Hamilton's first Ferrari race 'a big crash course'
Lewis Hamilton says his first race for Ferrari was "a big crash course" after he finished 10th in a chaotic Australian Grand Prix.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Hamilton's first Ferrari race 'a big crash course'
Lewis Hamilton says his first race for Ferrari was "a big crash course" after he finished 10th in a chaotic Australian Grand Prix.BBC News - 5d -
US senator and Trump supporter Steve Daines is visiting Beijing as tariff fight grows
U.S. Senator Steve Daines is visiting Beijing as the U.S. and China swap tariff threats and harsh words over each others’ handling of the illegal trade in fentanylABC News - 10h -
Lewis Hamilton reacts to poor first qualifying for Ferrari in Australia: ‘A lot to dissect’
Hamilton could only qualify eighth-fastest in his first outing in Ferrari red as Lando Norris claimed poleYahoo Sports - 6d -
Hamilton takes first Ferrari pole for China sprint race
Lewis Hamilton takes his first pole position for Ferrari as he heads sprint qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix.BBC News - 9h -
French official knocks ‘shameful’ Trump administration after Statue of Liberty remarks
Raphaël Glucksmann, a center-left French politician, slammed the Trump administration as “shameful” after it pushed back against his call for the Statue of Liberty to be returned to France. In a ...The Hill - 2d -
Lewis Hamilton ready to race for Ferrari for the first time in F1's season-opening Australian GP
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton racing a Ferrari for the first timeABC News - Mar. 14 -
Congressional Dems, ACLU slam Trump’s 'invasion' immigration proclamation, preview legal challenge
In a letter to the White House, the members of Congress and the ACLU, along with the Brennan Center, called the proclamation 'troubling and misguided'NBC News - Mar. 11 -
3/17: America Decides
WH denies ignoring court order blocking some deportations; Kennedy Center actor discusses Trump's takeover of theaterCBS News - 3d -
3/17: America Decides
WH denies ignoring court order blocking some deportations; Kennedy Center actor discusses Trump's takeover of theaterCBS News - 28m -
Trump's trade war escalates with international tit-for-tat
The European Union is hitting back at President Donald Trump’s new levy on all foreign aluminum and steel by announcing retaliatory tariffs on American products worth billions of dollars. President ...NBC News - Mar. 13 -
'We should be higher' - fit-again Kennedy eyes late Killie surge
Matty Kennedy is determined to help Kilmarnock make a late surge for the top six after returning from an injury lay-off that was a lot longer than expected. Kennedy has made the most of Killie's ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
Sanders, AOC hit the road for a ‘populist revolt’
☣️ Plus: Trump eyes Ukraine's nuclear power plants {beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Greg Nash Sanders, AOC hit the road for a 'populist revolt' SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) is set to ...The Hill - 1d -
Washington worried with Trump back in town: ‘The atmosphere is toxic here’
The Kennedy Center and BLM mural have been targeted, the newspaper is in freefall – and the Maga movement is gaining a foothold. It was an audience more accustomed to stifling a cough or resisting ...The Guardian - 5d -
Osaka survives first-round scare in Miami
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka rallied to beat Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Miami Open.In other first-round action, ...Yahoo Sports - 2d
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