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President Donald Trump posted threats on social media to imprison Democratic “extortionists” for letters he said they have sent to his donors and members of his administration. This comes as the President brings on Stephen Miller, the architect of his most controversial immigration policies, to be his Chief of Staff. In another announcement, President Trump said he offered the Press Secretary role to UFC CEO Dana White. NBC’s Julie Ainsley reports for Sunday TODAY. 

Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), on Saturday said he will meet with President Trump on Monday to discuss the president’s offer to take the role of White House press secretary. White told reporters in London that he was flying to Washington and, when asked how he could balance multiple…

UFC chief Dana White says he’ll meet Trump after the US president urged him to become White House press secretary.

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.

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

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.

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...

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…

President Trump extolled his administration's Reflecting Pool project , dug up debunked claims of vandalism and applauded the new White House helipad in a Monday pre-Election Day speech. The big picture: Trump's deep focus on remaking the nation's capital has taken center stage as the clock ticks down to midterm elections. Driving the news: "The pool is now better and more beautiful than it's ever been before, and we're very proud of it," Trump said in Monday's speech, adding, "We went through a lot with vandalism." But Trump's own Justice Department dropped vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn , whose case was later killed by a judge after prosecutors acknowledged that faulty installation caused the damage to the Pool. Trump added the administration was "giving serious thought" to renaming the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the "Trump Reflecting Pool," before later saying he was kidding. Throughout the speech, he held up printed images he identified as pipes, joints and other Pool materials. He also showed an image that appeared to show "8647" sprayed onto the base of the emptied pool, claiming "that was a Comey phrase" — a reference to his former FBI director and top foe. Zoom out: He also discussed his White House renovation projects, including the recently installed helipad and Scotts Miracle-Gro's lawn restoration after the UFC fight on White House grounds. Friction point: Trump's projects, including his D.C.-area arch and White House ballroom, have been broadly panned by Americans in polling. "This project should be a project that unites all Americans," Trump said Monday of the newly reopened Reflecting Pool, which stood empty for an extended period earlier this year. Zoom in: His pre-election pitch at times sounded more like a typical rally speech, where he touted his immigration policies and war with Iran while slamming Democrats as "a party that hates America." This is the last day before the midterm elections, the most important midte