But the 44th Kennedy Center Honors did not begin in earnest on Sunday night until President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, the first lady, arrived to their seats in the presidential box in the opera ...

Trump's visit to the Kennedy Center with his wife, the vice president and the second lady was his first time attending a show at the iconic arts venue.

When the U.S. Army Chorus marched into the White House’s State Dining Room in February, singing the rousing anthem “Do You ...

The mixed reception reflected the heightened emotions unleashed by his overhaul of the cultural center and use of executive power.

President Donald Trump ousted the leadership of the Kennedy Center and installed his own loyalists. He has said he wants to remake its show offerings and renovate its building. And on Wednesday ...

President Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17. AFP via Getty Images “In truth, our program is radically shaped by a ...

Other patrons at the Kennedy Center, following the Trump takeover of the historic venue, will pay $2 million to sit in a box seat, attend a reception with Trump and take a photo with the president ...

The president, in an Evita-like photo-op on Monday, stood in the Kennedy Center’s Opera House presidential box, arms outstretched as if there were hundreds of fans below him instead of a handful ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were upstaged by a gaggle of drag queens at the Kennedy Center Opera House during a performance of the French Revolution-set hit musical Les ...

President Donald Trump in the presidential box at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) Growing up in Southeast Washington, Tariq Herencia ...

President Donald Trump talks to the media in the Hall of Nations during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025.

It was supposed to be a moment of celebration: Vice President JD Vance was attending a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday evening for the first ...