A Missouri Republican in the House is pushing a bill to strip John F. Kennedy's name from Washington's famed performing arts center and rechristen it as the "Trump Center for the Performing Arts." Rep.

Republican efforts to rename the Kennedy Center in honor of President Donald Trump, and to christen its Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump, are likely illegal, NBC News reported Monday. The report cited multiple congressional and legal experts who challenge the legality of the move because federal law strictly prohibits such renaming.

The move comes after last week's vote to rename the Washington D.C. arts center’s opera house after First Lady Melania Trump