Protesters ring Kennedy Center after Trump-backed board votes to close it

Thousands gathered in Washington DC to contest the Kennedy Center's closure, the latest clash over the venue's renaming and threatened demolition.

• Thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center on Friday evening at the "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" rally.
• The Trump-installed board voted to close the center for up to two years of repairs, hours after Judge Christopher Cooper blocked its latest attempt to add Trump's name to the building.
• Judge Cooper on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to give 30 days' notice before any major structural changes, including demolition.
• Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said the closure is a "pretext" to conceal a financial "death spiral" caused by artist boycotts and dwindling ticket sales.