Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter was fired as a part of Trump's overhaul of the national cultural institution. Soon ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her ...

Proponents of President Donald Trump's changes to the arts institution argued that it was already in financial turmoil and fundraising would not be a problem for the president.

President Donald Trump dismissed half the appointed trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ board on Feb. 12, 2025. The remaining board members, most of whom he had recently ...

Why must every president overplay his hand?” Christopher J. Scalia wrote on X the other day. Scalia, the son of the famed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and hardly a ...

A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center says the threat targeted Shen Yun, a touring dance troupe that is banned in China, because it is associated with the religious group Falun Gong.

The shake-up — which included the ousting of the center's longtime president, Deborah Rutter — has led to major artists cutting ties with the institution and canceling their upcoming performances.

Caroline Kennedy is gearing up for a showdown with Donald Trump over his Kennedy Center overhaul. Joe Biden‘s Ambassador to ...

The 47th president also fired Deborah Rutter after she served the organization for 11 years. Following Trump’s appointment as chairman, board member Shonda Rhimes, who served as treasurer ...

His decision led to the removal of key figures, including David Rubenstein, Deborah Rutter, and members appointed by former President Joe Biden. The Kennedy Center, the nation’s cultural hub in ...

Rubenstein. The appointment led to the firing of Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter and the introduction of new board members, including Usha Vance, wife of Vice President J.D. Vance.