FIRST ON FOX — A member of the Kennedy Center's board of trustees called out Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who continues to level "mismanagement" allegations while refusing to accept multiple invitations for in-person meetings. KENNEDY CENTER DISPUTES ALLEGATIONS ON CONTRACTOR BIDS DESPITE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR'S CLAIMSBallard insisted to Whitehouse that the Kennedy Center's Audit and Finance Committee regularly meets "contrary to your assertion." "Political theater has no place at America’s cultural center," Kennedy Center Vice President of Public Relations Roma Daravi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. He also avoided multiple invitations by Kennedy Center COO Matt Floca for an in-person discussion. The judge also blocked the renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Trump Kennedy Center, insisting only Congress can change its name.