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UFC Freedom 250 as it happened: Gaethje stuns Topuria in co-main event as Trump celebrates 80th birthday with White House cage fight
The US president hailed an agreement to end the conflict in Iran hours before a celebration on the storied South Lawn that once would have seemed unfathomable.
- Tom Housden
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Young, telegenic and tough on Trump, could Ossoff be the new Obama?
The 39-year-old senator from Georgia has put himself on the map this month with a blistering speech about US President Donald Trump, corruption and the future of America’s democracy.
- Michael Koziol
‘Unhinged’: Trump storms out of TV interview when pressed on false election claims
An enraged US president took off his microphone, dropped it to the ground and stepped on it after unleashing a tirade against the American media and elections.
- Michael Koziol
The prestigious arts school where Jeffrey Epstein’s shadow still lingers
Years before his conviction as a sex offender, Epstein directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Michigan campus, and stayed there many times in the 1990s and 2000.
- Graham Bowley
Trump takes aim at CNN journalist
The US president singled out Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office, saying she had "hatred in her eyes".
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Trump dumps $2.5b ‘slush fund for MAGA allies’ after Republican backlash
It’s a significant backdown from the US president, who said he “gave up a lot of money” to allow the so-called Anti-Weaponisation Fund to go ahead.
- Michael Koziol
New space-themed White House website casts immigrants as aliens, ‘subhuman’
The site uses language and imagery commonly associated with extraterrestrial aliens or UFOs, including green font and flying saucers, to describe a so-called “invasion” by undocumented migrants.
- Michael Koziol
Trump pushing for his face to be printed on $250 banknote
The US president is said to have discussed designs with the artist for the commemorative note, which would require an act of Congress to make legal.
Trump plans to mark 80th birthday with UFC fight at White House
More than 4000 people are set to attend what the US president promises will be “a one-of-a-kind UFC” in the heart of Washington DC.
- Luke Broadwater
‘Everything checked out perfectly,’ says Trump after medical exam
The 79-year-old president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre for what the White House described as preventive medical and dental checkups.
- Collin Binkley