The White House will host its first UFC event Sunday, with Ilia Topuria facing Justin Gaethje on the South Lawn as storms threaten the evening schedule. A judge rejected a last-minute lawsuit seeking to block the fight, which coincides with Trump’s 80th birthday and America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
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A federal appeals court rejected Sam Bankman-Fried’s effort to overturn his conviction and 25-year sentence over the collapse of FTX. The panel said prosecutors’ evidence was “robust” and upheld the case against the former crypto billionaire.
A federal judge in Virginia indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. The court gave top officials one week to swear under penalty of perjury that the program will not move forward.
U.S. Park Police are investigating large “8647” markings found in the grass on the National Mall near the Washington Monument. Officials said grass samples were collected and the cause of the discoloration has not been determined.
A federal judge denied a watchdog group’s request to temporarily block the Trump administration’s proposed anti-weaponization fund after the Justice Department said it is not moving forward. The judge warned government lawyers: “Don’t play possum with this court.”
Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee that meeting Jeffrey Epstein was “a grave error in judgment” and said Epstein tried to use information about his infidelities to pressure him. Gates said he ended contact in 2014 after promised philanthropic support failed to materialize.
President Trump signed the Secure America Act, a nearly $70 billion package funding ICE, Customs and Border Protection and other Homeland Security operations through the rest of his presidency. The bill passed narrowly after months of Democratic opposition and internal Republican disputes.