The Department of War on Friday released a new "Peace Through Strength" ad which will debut during the historic Freedom 250 UFC fight this weekend. The post WATCH: Department of War Unveils Epic “Peace Through Strength” Ad That will Debut During Historic Freedom 250 UFC Fight appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
"Balance of Power" co-host Joe Mathieu gets a first-hand look at “The Claw,” the nearly 100-foot custom structure built for Sunday’s UFC fight on the South Lawn, marking America’s 250th birthday and President Trump’s 80th. The massive production is drawing scrutiny over the logistics of staging a combat sport at the White House — and Trump’s financial stake in UFC’s parent company. (Source: Bloomberg)
A commercial airline pilot received a baffling response from the FAA after Trump's UFC lights blinded them while landing, MeidasTouch reported.The pilot spoke anonymously about how powerful lights from the UFC octagon on the White House South Lawn filled the cockpit during a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was "10 times worse than any laser illumination event," the pilot told MeidasTouch.Landing an aircraft relies heavily on visual references, according to MeidasTouch. The pilot filed reports with the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System.FAA personnel told the pilot to contact the White House about the safety concerns. MeidasTouch noted that the pilot's reports "raise questions" about how well the fight's organizers coordinated with aviation authorities, considering the illuminated UFC setup's proximity to the "busiest flight corridors."The FAA recently recommended blinking red lights for Trump's triumphal arch because of how close it is to busy D.C. flight corridors. MeidasTouch also brought up heightened concern ever since an American Airlines flight fatally collided with a U.S. Army helicopter last year.
The approval marks a key development in the merger that will reshape media, allowing the continue of the takeover of the Hollywood studio, which owns CNN and HBO.
The Justice Department closed its investigation into the proposed $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery, saying it found no threat to competition or consumers.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved Paramount’s $110 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for the merger between the two global entertainment giants. A DOJ analysis determined that the transaction “is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers”…
Gary Gensler, former Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, says SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO is part of a new era of mega-IPOs, raising questions about valuation, governance and what future AI debuts could look like. He also warns AI models could create a financial stability event and discusses the regulatory fight over prediction markets. He speaks with Kailey Leinz on the late edition of Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
A UFC fighter on President Donald Trump's White House birthday card once allegedly called his Black opponent a "human gorilla" — and he's far from the only fighter on the bill with baggage.Trump requested veteran heavyweight Derrick Lewis for the card after watching Josh Hokit, 28, battle Lewis' future opponent at UFC 327 in April. Hokit was matched against Lewis for the event — a seven-fight card costing upwards of $60 million — and has since become one of its most talked-about fighters, for dubious reasons.Josh HokitHokit allegedly called Curtis Blaydes, who is Black, a "human gorilla" in the lead-up to their UFC 327 bout — the fight Trump watched before requesting Lewis for the White House card. Hokit is also no stranger to the N-word, has said he wished he could report his own Mexican mother to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and has repeatedly accused high-profile women of being men — including former first lady Michelle Obama and WNBA star Brittney Griner."'And P.S., Brittney Griner is a man,'" Hokit recited in a post-fight poem after his UFC debut in January. He has described himself as "100% transphobic." UFC CEO Dana White, asked about Hokit's post-fight octagon speech, said he hadn't seen it and offered only tepid pushback: "I don't love it."Sean O'MalleyThe card's bantamweight bout features former champion Sean O'Malley, who argued on a 2023 podcast that cheating on his wife was acceptable because self-described misogynist Andrew Tate — charged with rape and human trafficking in Romania — said so."'I'm a king, I pay for everything,'" O'Malley said. "'If I get a little puss on the side, what does that have to do with anything? Andrew Tate explains it well.'" More recently, O'Malley wore a surgical face mask during a face-off with Chinese fighter Song Yadong — a gesture Yadong called "totally racist." O'Malley later apologized, saying it was "a little silly joke."Ilia TopuriaIn the main event, lightweight champion Ilia Topuria returns for the first time since his ex-wife filed a domestic abuse complaint against him in December 2025. The two reached an out-of-court settlement in February; she withdrew the complaint."'These allegations are entirely unfounded,'" Topuria said in a December Instagram post, adding that he had submitted evidence to authorities to pursue legal action for "attempted extortion."White was himself filmed slapping his wife at a nightclub on New Year's Eve 2022.
