Two senior staffers have departed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. — one of whom was officially on the job for less than two weeks. The Kennedy Center did not respond to NPR's multiple requests for comment. Since President Trump became chair of the performing arts complex and later moved to change its name to the Trump Kennedy Center, several prominent artists have canceled their planned performances and presentations of their work. The Kennedy Center has told NPR in prior statements that the artists cancelling have been doing so under pressure from "leftist activists." Last month, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex-officio member of the Kennedy Center's board, filed a lawsuit against President Trump, the center's president Richard Grenell, and others over the name change.