The Kennedy Center board unanimously voted to rename the performing arts venue the "Trump-Kennedy Center," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday. The big picture: Exerting his influence over the iconic institution has been one part of Trump's push to reinvent D.

The board of the Kennedy Center has voted to rename the performing arts centre after President Donald Trump and will be called the Trump-Kennedy Center, according to the White House.

The Kennedy Center, named after slain US president John F. Kennedy, is to be renamed the "Trump-Kennedy Center" after a vote by its board -- which Trump himself hand-picked earlier this year, the Whit...