President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would host this year's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, the latest move by the president to revamp a Washington, D.C., cultural institution in his image.

The annual production may see significant changes under Trump, who revealed the honorees during a visit to the arts complex Wednesday.

Homeless campsites near the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are removed on August 13, 2025 as President Donald Trump visits.

President Trump said he will seek cooperation from Republican lawmakers to extend deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. Such a move in Congress would likely need Democratic support.

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over