President Donald Trump suffered a severe humiliation this month when the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was finally ordered by a federal court to remove Trump's name from the side of the building, clarifying that Congress only allowed Kennedy's name to be on the facility.

Now, days later, tarps are still covering the spot where Trump's name was, and, according to The New York Times, it's starting to arouse suspicion. Some are even questioning whether the name was in fact fully removed at all.

Matt Floca, the operations chief for the Kennedy Center, "filed a sworn declaration with a federal court later that day saying that Mr. Trump’s name had been removed," noted the report. And at least some letters were taken off, as "a New York Times photographer captured evidence through an opening in the tarp that the letter 'A' came off," as well as a "D" in a separate photograph.

The Kennedy Center will not give a direct explanation for why the tarps aren't coming down, with one spokesperson saying, “The scaffolding and tarp will remain up as crews address maintenance needs of the marble and soffit panels. Best, Public Relations.”

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), the Kennedy Center board member who sued over Trump-aligned officials' mishandling of the facility in the first place, told The Times, “Donald Trump is embarrassed. He lost in court, his name came down, and now he is trying to hide the result from the public.”

It's the latest episode in a long saga of Trump efforts to assert control over the Kennedy Center, which has seen a collapse of ticket sales and the withdrawal of a number of performers as the facility has grown more explicitly MAGA-aligned.

Trump also attempted to shut down the Kennedy Center for two years of "renovations" in response to the decline, which was also blocked by federal courts.

President Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support from a key business community as they express "buyer's remorse," according to a new report.

NBC News reported on Friday that support for Trump from Latino business owners has seemingly fallen off a cliff during his second term. Latino voters were one group that swung heavily in favor of Trump during the 2024 election, and some business owners interviewed by NBC said they supported Trump because of his economic agenda.

However, Trump's immigration policies and tariffs have changed their minds, according to the report. It cited recent polling data that showed support for Trump among the Latino business community had dropped from 69% to 39%. That could prove costly as the 2026 midterm elections approach.

"The very guy that we thought would fix things for me, and make my life better, these circumstances are even worse now," Javier Palomares, CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Business Council, said in an interview with NBC News.

NBC News' Valerie Castro characterized the sentiment as "buyer's remorse."

"They're really rethinking the choices they made," Palomares added, referring to the business owners the USHBC represents. "We're kind of stuck right now. That's not to say that it's too late."

A Republican town official in New Jersey with a colorful history that includes ties to the mafia and a 14-year prison sentence for murder told constituents he was now on the straight and narrow — but now he's been arrested again.

According to the New Jersey Globe, John Alite, who was appointed to serve on the Englishtown council last year, "made loans that exceeded the maximum legal rate and later threatened to commit violent acts to obtain property and cash," per charges brought by state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport. He faces charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, and terroristic threats — and Davenport "also accused Alite of misusing a business he owns, Straightened-Out Entertainment, as part of the scheme."

“Our office is dedicated to ensuring that all businesses conduct themselves fairly and lawfully," said Davenport in announcing the charges. "The conduct alleged in this case was anything but, and we will work to hold those who cheat and steal accountable.”

Criminal involvement would not be a first time issue for Alite.

As The Guardian noted last year, Alite "once served as a top 'earner' for John 'the Teflon Don' Gotti, and later for his son John Gotti Jr.," some of the most infamous American mafia bosses, and he was "nicknamed 'the Calculator' because of his financial acumen in helping to move 8kg of cocaine a month."

However, after being caught in Brazil, "Alite turned cooperating government witness against the younger Gotti, and pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, including two murders."

After serving his time, Alite insisted he wanted simply to put his experience in organized crime to do honest work in politics.

"People ask me why? I tell them I have more experience than all these politicians," he said when he was first appointed. “Plus I’m not a criminal any more – I’m on a mission to do things the right way.”