President Donald Trump plans to close the Kennedy Center for about two years.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Monday, February 2nd.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Shortly after returning to office last year, President Trump became chair of the Kennedy Center.

He was elected by a new board of Trump loyalists.

Trump's tenure has led to upheaval and cancellations at the Performing Arts Institution in D.C.

In December, the board voted to rename it the Trump Kennedy Center, though it's legally questionable if they can do that. In any case,

it seems that rebranding was not the end of Trump's vision for the center. In a post yesterday,

Trump said he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for the center. In a post yesterday, Trump said he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly

two years for the facility to undergo construction. He called it in its current form,

quote, a tired, broken, and dilapidated center, and said it would become, quote, far better than it

has ever been before. Under Trump's proposal, the Kennedy Center

could close on July 4th, with construction beginning immediately. That would coincide with America's

250th anniversary. House Republicans are working to end a partial federal government shutdown. That's number two.

You may not have noticed, but we're in the midst of a government shutdown. It began early on

Saturday after funding for much of the government lapsed. Negotiations to avert the shutdown

were derailed by aggressive immigration enforcement

in Minneapolis. The partial shutdown, though, probably won't last long. House Speaker Mike Johnson

laid out his expected timeline yesterday speaking on NBC's Meet the Press. Well, let's say I'm

confident that we'll do it at least by Tuesday. We have a logistical

challenge of getting everyone in town. And because of the conversation I had with Hakeem Jeffries,

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