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A federal judge orders the Kennedy Center to remove Trump's name, while also addressing the Justice Department's funding and Paramount's bid for Warner Bros.

In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge says the Kennedy Center must continue its court-ordered removal of President Trump's name from the institution, a judge extended a block on the Justice Department's proposed $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund and the DOJ signed off on Paramount's $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Topics covered

• court ruling
• Trump
• Justice Department
• Kennedy Center
• Paramount
• Warner Bros

Keywords

• Trump
• Kennedy Center
• Justice Department
• court ruling
• Paramount
• Warner Bros
• funding

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Organizations: Kennedy Center, Justice Department, Paramount, Warner Bros

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