House Republicans have voted to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump. House Republicans voted 33-25 on the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill, contingent, on renaming the opera house at the John F.

Jack Schlossberg is claiming that Republicans' effort to name the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump goes against federal law. The Kennedy Center was designated as a 'living memorial' for JFK,

House Republicans have advanced a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center's Opera House, one of the center's major theaters, the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.”

Republican lawmakers are seeking to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump, marking the latest GOP effort to reshape the once-bipartisan performing arts institution.