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Bill Maher receives Mark Twain Prize at Kennedy Center

writersJun 29, 202621477

Comedian Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday. The ceremony drew fellow comics including Louis C.K. and Jay Leno and political figures such as Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Sen. John Fetterman. CNN described Maher as a Trump critic; reporting and on-site accounts noted the event occurred while the Kennedy Center is entangled in a legal battle over President Donald Trump's effort to overhaul the institution. Reporters at the center said a tarp-covered tower blocked the area where Trump’s name had been removed from the building exterior. The award presentation therefore unfolded amid attention to both Maher’s high-profile recognition and the center’s ongoing legal and political dispute.

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