Opera House, Melania Trump and Kennedy Center
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The amendment comes as the latest move in Republicans' effort to reshape the Kennedy Center, which was authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958, named after President John F. Kennedy in 1964 following his assassination, and opened in 1971 under the Richard Nixon administration.
The House Appropriations committee passed an amendment that would rename the theater, months after President Trump took over the performing arts center.
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