Officials used catering truck to 'smuggle' Trump out of Turkey; Kennedy Center restores name

A clandestine operation saw former President Donald Trump secretly transported out of Turkey last month following a NATO summit, reportedly due to a credible Iranian assassination threat. After publicly boarding an older Air Force One jet, Trump was covertly moved via an airport catering truck to a smaller military aircraft, an Air Force C-32A, which then took him to a military base in the United Kingdom. White House officials aimed to create the impression that he remained on the larger plane, which subsequently flew the same route carrying other aides and members of the press. Trump later confirmed that the Secret Service directed the unusual plane swap.

Meanwhile, the Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted on Thursday to reinscribe Donald Trump's name onto the building's facade, a move that appears to challenge a federal court order. The board approved adding "Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump" to the institution's official name on the building's exterior and also voted to close the center for two years for extensive renovations. This decision comes months after a U.S. District Judge ruled in May that an earlier attempt to rename the center after both Kennedy and Trump violated federal law and ordered Trump's name removed. Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio board member, criticized the latest vote as a direct effort to bypass the court's ruling.