President Donald Trump may have purged the Kennedy Center board and had himself elected its new chairman, but the venue’s patrons don’t seem to have gotten the message. As Trump’s Vice President J.D.

Vice President J.D. Vance had a memorable night at the theater Thursday, but it was probably not in the way that he wanted. The politician was booed loudly as he entered the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.

Congress is poised to pass a Trump-endorsed funding bill this week that D.C. officials warn would lead to a $1 billion cut to the District’s local budget, a move that has been catching members of

Metro could lose over $200 million in funding from D.C. if Congress forces the District to cut spending of the city’s own funds. As the Friday deadline for a federal spending deal approaches, Metro is watching closely because the transit agency could be directly affected.