Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) is seeking a court order to halt the closure of the Kennedy Center and its name change, claiming they were illegally and without any of the review President Trump claimed took place. Beatty, an ex-officio board member of the center, previously sued Trump, who named himself chair of the institution after she claimed she was blocked from attending board meetings and voting when the Trump-appointed board members voted to rename the center as the Donald-Kennedy Center. She alleges that the center's renaming violates Congress' obligations to maintain the institution as a memorial to former President John F. Kennedy. The planned renovations, funded by $257 million in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, will include $48.5 million to renovate performance venues, including $23 million for the Concert Hall, $8 million for Opera House, $7 million for Eisenhower Theater, $3 million for Family Theater, and nearly $1.8 million to the Theater Lab.