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Judge: Kennedy Center must give 30 days' notice before big changes

Judge: Kennedy Center must give 30 days' notice before big changes

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September 17th, 2026

Judge: Kennedy Center must give 30 days' notice before big changes

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A federal judge gave an order on Thursday.

一名聯邦法官在週四下了一道命令

The judge's name is Cooper.

法官的名字是庫珀

He said the Kennedy Center must tell people 30 days before any big change.

他說甘迺迪中心在做任何大的改變之前必須提前30天通知

Big changes include tearing down buildings.

大的改變包括拆除建築

Cooper said he gave this order because some things happened recently. They made people very confused.

庫珀說他下這道命令是因為最近發生了一些事讓大家很混亂

This building suddenly closed to the public on Wednesday.

這棟建築在週三突然對公眾關閉

The executive director of the Kennedy Center is Floca.

甘迺迪中心執行總監弗洛卡

He said the building's structure keeps getting worse.

他說建築結構一直變差

This is dangerous for public safety.

公眾安全很危險

So he closed the center for at least seven days.

所以他暫時關閉中心至少七天

Floca said the closing is separate from the board's decision.

弗洛卡說這次關閉和董事會的決定是分開的

The board voted on Tuesday to close the center for repairs. The center will stay closed with no end date.

董事會在週二投票決定無限期關閉中心來維修

He said the center is closing so they can check the roof terrace cover.

他說這次關閉是因為要檢查屋頂露台的頂篷

It is also because some ceilings fell down earlier this month.

也是因為本月稍早有一些天花板塌下來

He also said the center may stay closed longer after a review next week.

他又說下週評估之後關閉可能還會延長。

Trump was made chairman last year by loyal people on the board.

川普去年董事會裡的忠誠者任命為主席

On Wednesday, he said his work to fix the old building should be praised.

他在週三說,他修復老舊建築的努力應該得到認可

He said if this is not done, the building will be torn down. In the end, it will be gone.

他說如果不這樣做建築最後會被拆除

Democratic Representative Beatty is a member of the board by right.

民主黨眾議員比提董事會當然成員。

She filed a lawsuit.

提起訴訟

She also asked for an emergency hearing.

要求緊急聽證會

She wants to stop what she calls an illegal closing.

阻止她所說的非法關閉

Cooper said no to her request for a hearing.

庫珀駁回了要求聽證會的請求。

But he agreed to say one thing clearly. The order bans tearing down the building without 30 days' notice.

但他同意清楚說明命令禁止在沒有30天通知拆除建築

Congress has given 257 million dollars to pay for repairs.

國會已經撥款2.57億美元來付維修費用

But Trump said the board must approve the plan. Only then will repairs happen.

但川普說只有董事會獲准推進把名字加到建築上的計劃,維修才會進行。

Cooper rejected the proposal on Tuesday.

庫珀在週二否決了相關提案

He ruled that nothing can be done without Congress's approval.

他裁定沒有國會批准什麼都不能做

Barbra Streisand won the 2008 award.

芭芭拉·史翠珊2008年榮譽獎得主。

She asked why they closed it for repairs.

質疑關閉維修

She said the dispute was outrageous.

她說這場爭議令人憤慨

She said she was angry. She said this respected place became a fight over someone's name and ego.

她說看到這個受人尊敬的機構變成為了某個人的名字和自我而爭鬥的地方,她感到憤慨。

September 17th, 2026

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