{
  "id": 14607775,
  "title": "Kennedy Center’s New Artistic Head Claims Deep Ties to Trump-Era Overhaul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/kennedy-centers-new-artistic-head-claims-deep-ties-to-trump-era",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:30:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/washingtonpost/20261015-353876/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "With a shuttered building and sparse events calendar, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has appointed an entertainment industry veteran as its artistic director, formally elevating a figure who has been helping reshape the institution’s programming, ticketing and business operations for nearly the entirety of President Donald Trump’s takeover.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}