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After a series of combative press briefings between the Trump administration and journalists, the US president surprised many by reportedly offering Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and a longtime friend, the role of White House press secretary. Trump praised White as a “violent fighter and warrior”, but US media reports say he has already turned down the offer. Was it a punchy choice by the president or simply a punchline? Jack Pownall takes a closer look.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White.

Dana White, the CEO of the UFC and a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, responded to a question on Saturday night about the president saying he should serve as his next White House press secretary. While taking questions from reporters at a boxing event in London, White said he is flying to Washington, D.C., […]

Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO says he will meet with the US president on Monday to discuss the offer.

White was at a boxing event Saturday that was being hosted in London

Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White said he was going to meet with President Trump imminently over his offer to become White House Press Secretary.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Democrats should focus on enacting their legislative agenda when the new Congress takes power in January following the party’s decisive victories in this week’s midterm elections. While speaking on the limited podcast series High Stakes alongside co-host and technology journalist Kara Swisher, the former presidential candidate weighed in […]

The president says he’s offered the position to White, who noted “I’ve got a lot of jobs already.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump’s decision to initiate the conflict in Iran at an event on Friday night. While speaking at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Rubio offered his post-midterm-election assessment of the conflict a few days after Vice President JD Vance issued a lengthy statement following the Republican […]

The role of the White House press secretary has been largely vacant since Karoline Leavitt stepped aside ​in August.

President Donald Trump said that he’d offered the job of White House press secretary to the CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Dana White.

Trump's social media post about the offer came as his White House is in a period of major transition and struggling with his party's deep losses in Tuesday's midterm elections.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was asking mixed martial arts promoter Dana White to be the new White House press secretary. Trump has repeatedly tried to hitch his MAGA brand of politics to White's enormously successful Ultimate Fighting Championship.

On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization’s C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has lost reelection, the Associated Press projected, denying him a second term as the state’s top lawyer. Kobach lost to Chris Mann, a former prosecutor and police officer who nearly beat him in 2024. Mann leads with 50.6 percent of the vote to Kobach’s 49.4 percent, or a lead of…

President said the ‘violent Fighter and Warrior’ plus some UFC brawlers would ‘defend us from the Lunatic Left’ Donald Trump has offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the president said in a social media post on Saturday. Trump described White, who staged a cage-fighting spectacle at the White House to mark the president’s 80th birthday in June, as “a violent Fighter and Warrior”, credentials unlike any ever used to describe previous press secretaries. Continue reading...

US President Donald Trump has offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

President Donald Trump wants United Fighting Championship CEO Dana White to be the White House press secretary, he announced Saturday. “The Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He also asked White to bring various muscle-bound prizefighters […]

If was not immediately clear whether the UFC chief executive, a longtime supporter who worked with Trump to host an MMA event at the White House, had accepted.

President Donald Trump said he is offering the role of White House press secretary to Dana White, who runs the UFC, asking him to “please take the job.”

Trump says he offered UFC CEO Dana White the White House press secretary job, naming fighters as aides. Read more.

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he offered the role of White House press secretary to UFC CEO Dana White, a longtime ally. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” the president posted on […]

President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring “assistants” with him and named several UFC fighters. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana…

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is a “dead man walking,” on the verge of possible impeachment, Pentagon officials reportedly said. The United States has spent the past week carrying out “minor strikes” against Iran’s Qeshm Island. Yesterday, Donald Trump appointed war hawk Stephen Miller as his chief of staff. And after Democrats swept the […]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who rebuffed President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, opened an investigation into a local race after officials discovered a memory card with uncounted votes that flipped the result to a Republican win.

The contest to replace António Guterres as U.N. secretary general has been jolted by last-minute entrants and deep divisions among members of the Security Council.

Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson said that any potential Republican 2028 presidential contenders are walking a political tightrope as they weigh their ambitions against the risk of angering President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed speculation that he would leave the Trump administration to pursue a presidential run in a report published by […]

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) said that he “would much rather be focused on lowering the cost of living, addressing those pocketbook issues”, but they’ll take up articles of impeachment against Secretary Pete Hegseth if The post Dem Rep. Olszewski: I’d Like to Focus on Costs, But We Have to Impeach Hegseth appeared first on Breitbart .

Stephen Miller is no Susie Wiles: He believes in almost limitless presidential power, considers the Democratic Party an extremist organization, and dreams of ruthless crackdowns on immigration and foreign adversaries. Why it matters: Miller, the new White House chief of staff, isn't just unlike anyone who's had the job under Trump — he's unlike any to occupy the powerful position in the modern era. He puts the hard in hard-liner and understands how to pull the levers of power to get his way and make the U.S. government a MAGA machine. Miller's appointment sets the stage for two years of partisan warfare with the new Democratic-led Congress, which is likely to launch investigations of Trump's administration, political committees and allies. "Stephen is Trump's wartime consigliere," Roger Stone, one of the president's oldest friends and advisers, told Axios. The big picture: Despite his post-midterm comments about finding ways to work with Democrats, Trump's choice of Miller signals that he's not looking for truces. He's prepping for war, and sees Miller as a brass-knuckle general and tactical expert impervious to criticism or traditional restraints. Trump's MAGA brain for a decade, the 41-year-old has detailed his Miller Doctrine in speeches, policies and press conferences: Presidential power is "very substantial and will not be questioned." Miller said those words about Trump's Muslim travel ban in 2017 on CBS's "Face the Nation," but to him they broadly apply to other areas of the executive's authority. Court authority is limited. In May 2025, when courts blocked aspects of Trump's deportation policies, Miller said the rulings were the work of "radical rogue judges" who were "at war" with the executive and legislative branches. The political opposition is a threat to America. "The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization," Miller told Sean Hannity in August 2025. He also warned that if Democrats won Congress, "it's game over.

Congressional critics warn that a defiant defense secretary could imperil military funding.

During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that teachers’ unions, not lack of funding are the problem in public schools. “Conversations w/Coleman” host and Free Press columnist Coleman Hughes stated, “I The post Maher: Teachers’ Unions Are Problem, Not Lack of Funding, Unions Even Hurt Good Teachers at Times appeared first on Breitbart .

Single-holder executive offices only; excludes courts, commissions and federal offices. Data: Associated Press; Axios analysis; Chart: Andrew Pantazi/Axios Democrats' midterm gains extended deep into the machinery of state government: They swept every statewide executive office on the ballot in Texas, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona. Why it matters: These low-profile victories will shape what millions of Americans pay for electricity, what their kids read in class and which party runs the 2028 presidential election in key states. The big picture: Democrats captured five Republican governorships, in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada. But the scale of their gains becomes clearer farther down the ballot. Georgia: Democrats wrested all eight statewide executive offices on the ballot, including governor, attorney general, secretary of state and school superintendent. Texas: They flipped all six posts, defeating Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a state that hadn't elected a Democrat to statewide office in 32 years. Nevada: Democrats won all six executive offices, flipping governor, lieutenant governor and controller. Wisconsin: Democrats completed their Badger State domination, picking up the office of treasurer, the sole statewide office still held by a Republican. Arizona: Democrats held governor, attorney general and secretary of state. They lead in the three other executive races: treasurer, school superintendent and mine inspector. Data: Associated Press; Axios analysis Between the lines: The Democratic gains reach offices that decide which policies advance, which don't and which get challenged in court. Attorneys general: Nathan Johnson in Texas and Tanya Miller in Georgia will decide when their states sue the Trump administration and what corporations they investigate. Secretaries of state: Democrats flipped these offices in Georgia, Ohio and Indiana, putting new officials in charge of running the 2028 presidential election there. Texas' lieu

A sudden bipartisan push to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could constrain President Trump's ability to resume the fight with Iran before Democrats take control of Congress.

In the aftermath of the bruising midterm elections, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a moment on Friday to remind voters why they had elected President Donald Trump two years earlier. Rubio, began with a light-hearted crack about the multiple jobs he holds within the Trump administration — currently serving as National Security Adviser in ...

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) declined to back Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as an impeachment vote against the secretary looms, saying there are “a lot of questions” about him. The House must vote next week on impeachment articles filed by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) prior to the midterm elections. Frustrations over high prices […]

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared that he stands "firmly behind" President Donald Trump and "the historic reforms" they are advancing together. The post RFK Jr. Stands ‘Firmly Behind’ Trump as Democrats Suggest He Resign appeared first on Breitbart .

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was “not interested in who it hurts” when Patrick Bet-David warned that a $15 minimum wage could put small businesses at a disadvantage against major corporations. The post Buttigieg on Concerns $15 Minimum Wage Would Hurt Small Businesses: ‘I’m Not Interested in Who It Hurts’ appeared first on Breitbart .

The Associated Press had called 254 races for Democrats and 162 for Republicans (up from 155 Thursday afternoon) as of Friday afternoon, with 19 House seats still up in the air.

Hong Kong authorities arrested 28 people tied to a suspected triad-linked bid-rigging syndicate targeting building maintenance and renovation contracts, Radio Television Hong Kong reported, citing Secretary for Security Chris Tang.

Calley Means, a former top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ripped outgoing White House chief of staff Susie Wiles over her tenure, arguing in a Friday interview she led the Trump administration to consistently bow to corporate interests when it came to health policy. During a two-hour long Friday episode of “The…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has been replaced as the representative for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District by retired Navy Adm. Nancy Lacore, a Democrat. The Associated Press called the race for Lacore at 6:51 p.m. Friday evening. She garnered 49.7% against Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt’s 48.6%, with 99% of the vote counted. Lacore served in […]

Vice President JD Vance and Gulf allies are advising Trump to end the war, but other advisers are making the case for renewed attacks.

Watchdog groups said the defense secretary’s self-promotional messaging as he fights to keep his job probably violated federal law.

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) says affordability is “top of mind for all Americans” and believes health care is an obvious place for Democrats to intervene. Rep. Moore says Democrats' agenda should not be “first and foremost” to impeach people, but says she will not push for impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and that it would be “hard not to vote yes” on Rep. Thomas Massie's privileged resolution. She speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

Democratic Rep.-elect Cait Conley joins Meet the Press NOW fresh off of her win against Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th congressional district as President Trump announced he will make Stephen Miller the new White House chief of staff.

Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) has tapped media mogul Tyler Perry to join her gubernatorial transition team, she announced Friday. In an Atlanta press conference, Bottoms outlined her plans for the governor’s mansion — including who would lead her transition team, which she dubbed “Georgia’s Promise.” The governor-elect described Perry, whom she named a…

President Trump announces Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez, Julia Ainsley, Scott Wong and Sahil Kapur join Meet the Press Now to discuss President Trump’s first major shakeup after the midterm elections.

The Associated Press called enough legislative races to confirm that both chambers flipped on Friday.