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The legal and public fight over the Trump administration's push to close and rename the Kennedy Center continued this week. A federal judge ruled the administration must give 30 days' notice before any demolition, while President Trump reiterated threats to tear the center down amid ongoing back-and-forth developments, including an allegation that a forklift repeatedly struck the building. Attorney Norm Eisen, representing Democracy Defenders Action, discussed the legal fight, and a group called 'Hands Off the Arts' held a 'joyful protest' outside the center on Friday. The dispute has become a flashpoint over arts funding and government control of cultural institutions, drawing legal challenges, celebrity-adjacent activism, and sustained media coverage.