James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.

The cuts come as the center’s main building remains closed amid a legal battle over President Donald Trump’s transformation of the national cultural institution.

The image surfaced hours after the president warned that the performing arts venue could eventually be “ripped down” without his administration’s intervention. Lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), ...

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge’s instructions hours earlier th...

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge’s instructions hours earlier th...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said about a dozen signs would be installed outside the National Museum of American History warning of curators’ “personal viewpoints.”

The center’s Board of Trustees is also set to consider a proposal to shut down the building for renovations.

The center’s Board of Trustees is also set to consider a proposal to shut down the building for renovations.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Washington Post arts and government reporter Jonathan Edwards about internal documents showing the Kennedy Center could close as soon as Tuesday.

Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.

Twenty-five years after the attacks, the Smithsonian is preserving the objects and memories of Sept. 11, 2001 for generations who weren’t there — as the White House challenges how it tells American hi...

Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III is retiring as more than a third of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents is set to become vacant.

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s first Black secretary, said President Donald Trump’s pressure played no role in his decision and vowed to defend the institution’s independence until he leaves.

The Kennedy Center’s former chairman, who was ousted by President Donald Trump in 2025, acquired the artwork for more than $2 million. It will eventually be displayed in the Sculpture Garden of the Na...

Work began Wednesday morning to remove Joel Shapiro's towering stick-figure-like sculpture, which was installed in 2019.

Regents voted to put the museum in an existing 145-year-old building instead of constructing a new one, which would require congressional approval.

Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.

The filing marks the first time President Donald Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect that the Kennedy Center itself could be demolished.

Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.

The centerpiece orchestra announced its season months later than usual, at venues away from its longtime home.

The planned adornments, which were included in renderings submitted to the Supreme Court, break with tradition and the original vision for the White House grounds.

The appeal escalates the legal fight over the controversial project to the nation’s highest court.

Individual donors and audience members have walked away from the National Symphony Orchestra, documents show, costing the Kennedy Center millions in additional losses.

The trustees are set to vote next week on a two-year closure, but some say they've received no new assessments of the potential effects on the performing arts center.

An executive order from President Donald Trump may be laughable, but it shouldn’t be laughed off.

An executive order from President Donald Trump may be laughable, but it shouldn’t be laughed off.

The president’s executive order calls for signage near the National Museum of American History cautioning visitors about “inaccurate information.”

President Trump issued an executive order Friday to install signage and exhibits near the National Museum of American History, warning visitors of "inaccurate information."

Whitney Cummings said she was told that her biting joke at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony would be cut from the special, released this week.