A judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C. must pay a jazz musician $252,000 in legal fees and costs, following the organization’s unsuccessful lawsuit against him for pulling out of a concert in the wake of a rebranding to include Donald J.
Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/kennedy-center-to-pay-jazz-musician-sued-cancel-trump-1236832214/)