BREAKING: Judge keeps order in place to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center

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Removal of djt's name should still proceed despite the administration's pending appeal of the court order requiring its removal. Because the court denied the emergency request for a stay, the order remains in force and legally binding, meaning the directive to remove the name must be followed unless and until the appeals court rules otherwise.

In rejecting the administration’s request, the judge emphasized that the government had failed to meet a key requirement for emergency relief, writing:

For the detailed reasons laid out in the Court’s ruling, Defendants have not ‘made a strong showing that [they] are likely to succeed on the merits.’