The president's move to appeal comes after a judge ruled that Trump's name had been added to the iconic DC building illegally and must be removed.

A formal stay is expected to be filed on Friday after a federal judge had earlier ruled that only Congress could change the name of the center.

Merchandise with the Trump name remains for sale in the Kennedy Center gift shop in the hours before a federal judge’s deadline to remove U.S. President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the John F.

The center’s board of trustees on Thursday voted to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s directive to take Trump’s name off the center’s exterior by Friday.

The Trump administration on Thursday evening appealed a judge’s order that overturned the Kennedy Center’s decision to rename the venue for President Donald Trump and its plans to close down the storied arts center during a yearslong renovation.

The Kennedy Center board said it’s appealing a judge’s order that requires President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the building and blocks plans to close the decades-old performing arts venue.

President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board of trustees discussed plans to appeal a judge’s ruling — hoping to halt the ordered removal of Trump’s name from the building.

One day before a deadline to take the president’s name off its facade, the arts institution appealed a federal judge’s ruling that also temporarily blocked it from closing.