Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings

In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president's name was purged from the facade of the Washington building

A crew of workers spent the night removing Donald Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, hours after a judge rejected an emergency appeal to block the removal of the president's name.

Work began in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after the performing arts venue missed a federal judge's two-week deadline to excise the words The Donald J Trump and" from its exterior by Friday at 11.59pm local time.