Kennedy Center board member knocks Sen Whitehouse for ignoring invites as Dem feuds with Trump-run landmark

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Workers began removing Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., after a federal appeals court ruling. The court denied a last-minute appeal to keep Trump's name on the building, which had been added after a unanimous board vote in December. FIRST ON FOX — A member of the Kennedy Center's board of trustees called out Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who continues to level "mismanagement" allegations while refusing to accept multiple invitations for in-person meetings. "Given that Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Matt Floca's several good-faith invitations for an in-person meeting to address your concerns have gone repeatedly ignored, it appears that written correspondence is your preferred method of communication," Kennedy Center board member Brian Ballard wrote to Whitehouse Wednesday in a letter obtained by Fox