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Judge Declines to Halt U.F.C. Fight at the White House on Trump’s Birthday

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In a ruling on Friday, Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote that the lawsuit arrived last minute and failed to show how the event irreversibly harmed the individuals who sued.

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UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company

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UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company

Some fighters will receive bonuses in ‘stablecoins’ issued by Trump family business World Liberty FinancialThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced on Friday that it will pay bonuses to fighters in a form of cryptocurrency issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial at the heavily publicized White House mixed martial arts event on Sunday.The development connects the Trump family’s financial interests to the high-profile UFC competition being promoted on government property. The competition on the south White House lawn is scheduled for 14 June, Donald Trump’s birthday. Continue reading...

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Trump says he’ll refuse FISA spy power extension without SAVE America Act tacked on

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Trump says he’ll refuse FISA spy power extension without SAVE America Act tacked on

President Trump declared Sunday that he will back an extension of the now-lapsed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrantless spy power unless the SAVE America Act is attached.

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Pence cast doubt on possibility of US, Iran peace deal before Trump announcement

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Pence cast doubt on possibility of US, Iran peace deal before Trump announcement

Former Vice President Mike Pence cast doubt on the possibility of a deal between Iran and the U.S. over the two countries’ war shortly before President Trump announced one on Sunday. “My concern right now is not with the intentions of the president. Look, I think the president has earned a great deal of deference…

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President Trump Announces Iran Deal is Complete – Strait of Hormuz Open for Transit

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President Trump Announces Iran Deal is Complete – Strait of Hormuz Open for Transit

President Trump announces the deal with Iran is completed: [SOURCE] Posted in Donald Trump, Iran, Islam, Israel, media bias, Military, President Trump, Saudi Arabia, Terrorist Attacks, Turkey, Uncategorized, USA The post President Trump Announces Iran Deal is Complete – Strait of Hormuz Open for Transit appeared first on The Last Refuge.

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Trump's lawyers just created a 'big problem' in his eye-popping BBC lawsuit: experts

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Trump's lawyers just created a 'big problem' in his eye-popping BBC lawsuit: experts

President Donald Trump's lawyers made a big mistake in the president's $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, one so big that two legal experts argued on Sunday that it could be evidence of malpractice.Trump initially sued the BBC in Florida in December 2025, claiming the network defamed him by mischaracterizing the speech Trump made ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. During the speech, Trump told his supporters they needed to "fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore," according to a transcript published by NPR. In March, lawyers for the BBC filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that the court does not have jurisdiction to hear it because the footage was not broadcast in Florida — or anywhere in America — and that Trump suffered no reputational damages from the network's story because he went on to win the 2024 election. U.S. District Judge Roy Altman gave Trump's lawyers a June 5 deadline to respond to the BBC's claims, which they missed, Reuters reported. Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian argued on a new episode of their podcast, "Civil Action," that the missed deadline is a "big problem" for Trump's case. "So, Trump files this lawsuit, probably thinks that the BBC's going to bend the knee and kiss the ring and all that kind of stuff and settle with him and pay some money to some phony charity. But instead they do discovery, and the problem with that is, be careful what you ask for," Kabateck said. Kabateck characterized the response Trump's lawyers offered as essentially telling the judge, "The president is a very busy man, so he can't respond to this." Karnikian argued that the response was absurd on its face. "When you don't respond to that, that's a very big problem," he said. "If we did that on behalf of one of our clients ... that's like malpractice to miss a deadline like that. It's like inexcusable."

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Trump announces deal with Iran

President Trump announced Sunday that his administration has reached a deal with the Iranian government, signaling a potential end to a three-and-a-half month conflict in the Middle East. “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll…

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Some 120 years before Trump’s UFC event, Theodore Roosevelt lost partial vision in a boxing match

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Some 120 years before Trump’s UFC event, Theodore Roosevelt lost partial vision in a boxing match

Trump will be a mere spectator at the UFC fights at his 80th birthday bash. Roosevelt took a more hands-on approachDonald Trump is throwing himself a huge 80th birthday party on Sunday with a UFC fight on the White House South Lawn, but he’ll be a mere spectator. About 120 years ago, another brash New Yorker turned president took a much more hands-on approach to sparring at the White House, when Theodore Roosevelt lost sight in his left eye during a 1905 boxing match there.Roosevelt, the 26th American president, made the revelation in 1917, eight years after leaving the White House. Continue reading...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump’s UFC event at White House

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Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump’s UFC event at White House

Former congresswoman nevertheless says she hopes the fighting event will be ‘great’ and wishes president wellMarjorie Taylor Greene has criticized Donald Trump’s plan to hold a UFC fight on the White House lawn, as the president prepares to host seven fights on Sunday.The former rightwing Republican congresswoman, a once fierce defender of Trump who turned on him towards the end of her time in office, told NewsNation the location is inappropriate for the mixed martial arts event. Continue reading...

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