US President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC ; Sylvester Stallone attends the Fontainebleau Grand Opening Celebration on December 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WASHINGTON — As the new chairman of the Kennedy Center, President Donald Trump added a highly personal stamp to this year's announcement of the recipients of the annual honors, whom he named as ...

President Donald Trump Wednesday announced his first slate of Kennedy Center Honors nominees. Rock band KISS, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, country singer George Strait, and English actor Michael ...

He’s abusing his office to force cultural institutions to bend the knee, too—to let MAGA install its version of our American story at museums, universities, and media companies. On December 7, the ...

The chairman of the Kennedy Center—who also happens to be the president of the United States—is about to have a busy few months. He’ll be hosting the Kennedy Center Honors (despite claiming that he ...

Honorees include Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, KISS and George Strait In February 2025, Trump purged the Kennedy Center board of 18 members and was elected chairman by the new ...

President Donald Trump has said that he plans to host the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 7, 2025 Kayla Bartkowski/Bloomberg via Getty ; Jon Kopaloff/Getty President Donald Trump has said that he ...