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Trump admin offers blunt advice to White House UFC critics as 11th-hour lawsuit looms

Trump administration officials fired back at critics of the planned White House UFC fight, arguing they can simply avoid the event rather than use an 11th-hour lawsuit to block thousands of spectators from gathering on the South Lawn. "It would be easy enough to simply avert their gazes for the weekend," Department of Justice attorneys wrote in a court filing this week. "Instead, they seek to enlist the power of a federal court to impose their idiosyncratic preferences on the rest of the...

Trump admin offers blunt advice to White House UFC critics as 11th-hour lawsuit looms

Trump administration officials fired back at critics of the planned White House UFC fight, arguing they can simply avoid the event rather than use an 11th-hour lawsuit to block thousands of spectators from gathering on the South Lawn. "It would be easy enough to simply avert their gazes for the weekend," Department of Justice attorneys wrote in a court filing this week. "Instead, they seek to enlist the power of a federal court to impose their idiosyncratic preferences on the rest of the...

Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast

Any official reprimand will come from regulator Ofcom, but not for at least two monthsUK politics live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X will face no action to remove a mass of posts inciting violence in Northern Ireland for at least two months despite widespread condemnation of the platform and its billionaire owner. Concern over the role social media played in spreading disturbing images and fuelling anger continued to grow on Wednesday as police and community leaders urged calm.