The decors are allegedly an aviation hazard.

President Trump is helping Dana White implant UFC in the cultural mainstream with a fight night at the White House. But MMA athletes say they’ve been shortchanged.

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How this weekend’s U.F.C. cage fight might mask a Presidency in decline.

Friday on MS NOW's "The Briefing," Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) said the UFC event on the White House lawn was a "sad lesson for our kids."

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Wall Street Journal: “As Trump approaches his 80th birthday on Sunday, he and his advisers have made a strategic decision to turn the president into an omnipresent figure in American life, drawing a contrast with his octogenarian predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump makes regular marathon appearances in the Oval Office, he answers reporters’ cold calls and […]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship cage matches set to take place on the White House South Lawn on Sunday will go on as scheduled, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied an emergency petition from two Virginia plaintiffs to stop the fight until the court litigates allegations that the […]

The White House UFC tournament’s biggest problem might be just a few millimeters in size.

The UFC is hosting its America 250 celebration on Sunday, June 14—Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and Flag Day—on the White House’s South Lawn. But in an unexpected turn of events, bugs are likely to be the major opponent during the executive mansion’s first ever cage match.

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“Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, a new AP-NORC polling analysis finds, particularly those without a college degree.” “Research shows that while about half of independents without a college education had a positive view of Trump around the 2024 election, his approval with that group fell to about […]

For those interested, there is a live feed of Donald Trump’s name coming off the Kennedy Center.

Jane Fonda will headline a so-called "free speech" event to counter President Trump's UFC Freedom 250 event on June 14.

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A Monster Energy–sponsored MMA show on the White House’s South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.

“A federal judge on Friday refused two Virginia residents’ request to block this weekend’s UFC event on the White House South Lawn, ruling they have no right to challenge the fight,” The Hill reports.

President Donald Trump is closing in on a final agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran that would actually ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, a senior administration official told journalists including Breitbart News on a White House press call on Friday morning.

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WASHINGTON — Advertisements for Polymarket and Bud Light lined an eight-sided cage on the White House grounds Thursday ahead of a series of mixed martial arts fights scheduled for Sunday, President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, and billed as a celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship company, whose chief executive is […]

RTE’s Washington Correspondent Jackie Fox found herself having an unexpected tour of the new UFC Arena on the South Lawn of the White House this morning. Posting on TikTok, the Galway woman who was posted to Washington earlier this year to take up the position of RTE Correspondent, has been busy every day reporting on […]

“President Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding his first-term impeachments,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The resolution would allow Trump to claim a symbolic victory on a matter that has dogged him since his first term, part of a broader effort to burnish his presidential legacy. […]

Washington Post: “The Kennedy Center’s board voted to fight a federal judge’s order to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts center, less than 36 hours before the deadline to take it down.”

Ariana Grande has blasted the White House for using a version of her 2024 song “Bye” in a TikTok post that depicted ICE agents arresting and handcuffing people. Grande commented on the TikTok post from earlier this week, telling the administration to cease using her songs. “Please do not ever use my music in relation […]

New York Times: “The White House welcomed reporters and influencers from around the world onto the South Lawn for half an hour on Thursday morning to inspect the towering, claw-like superstructure that has been built there for the Ultimate Fighting Championship bout that President Trump is hosting on his 80th birthday this weekend.” “While the […]

CNN: “The numbers ‘8647’ — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump’s birthday on Sunday.”

Marco Rubio in front of a UFC cage

Washington Post: “For George H.W. Bush’s first medical checkup as president in 1989, he was seen by five specialists, the White House said at the time. His son George W. Bush was seen by 12 in his first presidential checkup, White House officials said a dozen years later.” “President Donald Trump appears to have set […]

Axios: “President Trump’s top aides so feared leaks about their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files that they held multiple damage-control meetings in the classified confines of the Situation Room, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan write in Regime Change, their hotly awaited book about Trump’s second term.” “In a New York Times Magazine excerpt, posted […]

The UFC event on the White House's South Lawn is the president's birthday gift to himself. Sources expect it to be a lobbying extravaganza.

President Donald Trump

The Trump administration is restricting which reporters are allowed to cover June 14’s UFC fight on the White House lawn, giving the mixed martial-arts company control over who can get in.

The White House Correspondents Association told its members in an email last week that just the White House press pool was allowed, with other outlets barred from the White House grounds unless the UFC gives…

President Donald Trump drew attention at a Wisconsin farm event when he paused to openly admire a former NFL star standing in the audience, telling him, “I thought I was big until I met you, Joe.” The moment came during what was officially billed as a Roundtable on American Agriculture at Custer Farms, though the gathering featured many of the high-energy elements typically seen at a Trump rally.…

CNN: “The Kennedy Center website logo no longer includes ‘Trump’ after a federal judge ruled President Donald Trump’s name had to be removed from the institution’s branding.” “For now, the large lettering on the building’s facade still features “Donald J. Trump.” But the Kennedy Center’s general counsel said in a memo to staff that they […]

Bloomberg: “President Donald Trump told the U.S. Supreme Court he intends to ask the justices to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN over use of the term ‘Big Lie’ in reporting on his claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him.”