Trump's 'haphazard and irrational' Kennedy Center scheme torched in new court filing

President Donald Trump's move to shutter the Kennedy Center for renovation is "haphazard and irrational," Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) argued in a legal filing urging a court to put a stop to the plan.

The president's plan would close the famous performing arts venue for two years, following a disastrous year in which ticket sales plunged, and artists abandoned performances in protest of Trump seizing control of the facility and even having his appointees put his name on it.

Beatty, one...