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 ...

President Donald Trump's Kennedy Center Honors selections are set, but one critic is urging a recipient to turn it down. Navarro recalled meeting the "I Will Survive" singer at a Miami concert, where ...

Katie Couric and the director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts traded barbs on Saturday, and then again on Monday, after Couric called the center’s new Donald Trump-mandated ...

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 ...

Senate Democrats say the new Kennedy Center leadership has led to "millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and ...

The president of the arts center cited the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance” as the type of programming that could be more broadly appealing to audiences. By Julia Jacobs The John F. Kennedy Center ...

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 ...