Anastasia Tsilkis

The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed its lawsuit in a U.S.

district court in Washington, D.C.

It's suing the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, saying there was no federal review of the plans, which is mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act.

Last month, President Trump said the project would cost no more than $2 million.

But the New York Times has reported that the project's final cost could be upwards of $13 million in a no-bid contract.

The Interior Department would not confirm the cost to NPR, but said it was necessary to get the project done by the 4th of July.

Anastasia Tsilkas, NPR News.

Beatty filed a motion asking a federal circuit court judge to demand Trump and the rest of the arts complex's current board and staff stop calling it the Trump-Kennedy Center.

In the filing, Beatty's attorneys argue the new name directly contradicts congressional legislation, which designated the arts center as a living memorial to late President John F. Kennedy.

It's part of a larger suit Beatty filed in December against Trump and many members of the center's board.

In a statement to NPR, a press representative for the center wrote, quote,

The center is planned to be closed in July for renovations that are expected to last two years.

Anastasia Tsilkas, Unbearing News, New York.