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Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was 'only kidding' when he announced a day earlier that he had offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making UFC’s Dana White next press secretary Continue reading...
28-year-old rewarded for county performances Bashir to tour with Lions along with seamer Carse The uncapped Nottinghamshire spinner Liam Patterson-White has been rewarded for his most productive County Championship season with a call-up up to England’s squad for their first red-ball assignment of the winter, the three Tests against South Africa that start in Johannesburg next month. The potential importance of spin bowling in South Africa was demonstrated in their recent home series against Australia, which the hosts won to propel themselves to No1 in the ICC rankings and in which their most successful bowler was Simon Harmer, who took 14 wickets at 29.35. England will face contrasting conditions, particularly in their first two Tests, and have selected further spin-bowling options in Dan Lawrence, Joe Root and Jacob Bethell, who returns after missing England’s most recent Test series, against Pakistan, through injury, But Shoaib Bashir, a fixture of the country’s Test squads since he made his debut in India in 2024, will travel only with the Lions. Continue reading...
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Donald Trump says he was just joking when he offered the White House press secretary position to UFC CEO Dana White.
President Donald Trump’s offer to make UFC CEO Dana White his press secretary turned out to be a joke, at least according to Trump. But it sounds like White had no interest in accepting the role anyway. According to a report this week that cited a source close to the UFC boss, White was honored…
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President Donald Trump has said he was only kidding about appointing Ultimate Fighting Championship president and CEO Dana White as his next White House press secretary. Following the ousting of Katie Zacharia from the role, Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday: “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and […]
In northern Italy, the white truffle capital of the world, the small round fungi are selling at auction for tens of thousands of euros. And as the climate changes, truffles are becoming increasingly rare, with less supply and ever more demand pushing up prices even further.
Across La Liga and beyond this weekend, footballers took to the field knowing it could have been them In the final few minutes before stepping into the arena once more, heading out for his 199th Osasuna match on Saturday evening, the man who has scored more first division goals than anyone in their history stopped his teammates for a moment and told them what it meant to wear the shirt. “This is very important,” Ante Budimir began as the dressing room, their sanctuary, fell silent around him. “We don’t have this shirt today for the sake of it. He was not chosen, and nor are we. It could have happened to anyone, anyone. Let us go knowing that we’re grateful to be on the pitch: playing, watching, warming up, sitting on the bench, whatever it may be. Boys, we were not chosen: not us, not him. Let us go, gratefully. Without thought. We have a grand day before us.” With that, Osasuna’s players turned left out of the room, where they were joined in the tunnel by footballers from Athletic Club, rivals from the north, and together they went out past the little shrine of Saint Fermin on to the field. They carried white lilies and all wore the same white shirts with a No 9 on the back, a black ribbon and the name of Jesús de Miguel, the Tenerife striker who died after a collision on the pitch five days earlier at the age of 30. At almost exactly the same time, 2,000km away to the west, Tenerife’s squad were walking out at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López in Santa Cruz. They did not have anyone alongside them, wore black suits not white shirts and did not have a game to play either, not this week. Continue reading...
The same technical limits that prevent superintelligence make these systems dangerous. But we know how to regulate them Many Silicon Valley leaders believe superintelligence is an imminent threat to society. The White House even published an accord about it. This isn’t enough. Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, estimates the risk of human extinction is at least 10% within the next few decades. The Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, argued that unchecked AI “could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems”. In response, 1,300 leaders and employees from many leading AI companies signed a letter calling to “deliberately pace” development. Continue reading...
Winning candidates promised to cut costs, rein in corporations, curb billionaire power and improve the economy Don’t worry, cash-strapped Americans, “relief is on the way”, the senator Chuck Schumer promised last week in a press conference celebrating Democrats’ massive midterms win . Winning candidates promised to cut food and healthcare costs, rein in corporations ripping off consumers and workers, curb billionaire power and make the world’s biggest economy better serve the working class. Continue reading...
President’s admission appears at odds with the elevation of immigration hardliner Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite Miller promotion Sign up for US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump said he thinks his administration was too aggressive on deportations and that he was open to an arrangement to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the US. I think it might be too tough, yeah. And a lot of people would say that it’s great. But a lot of people think it’s too tough. We would work something out. And I think it’s something - I think that’s something that’s actually doable. On the race among Republicans to succeed him for the 2028 presidential election, Trump hinted at staying neutral. Asked whether he’d endorse a potential successor, the president said “probably, not necessarily.” “We have a tremendous bench. I have so many people that I have great relationships with,” Trump said in his CBS interview. Trump said on Sunday that he “was only kidding” when he announced a day earlier that he had offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ). Speaking to reporters on his way back the White House from his beach club in Florida, Trump explained the premise of his joke, that if the UFC boss, who is a devoted fan of the president, took over the briefing room, flanked by six fighters, reporters “wouldn’t mess around with him so much”. Trump will meet with Qatar’s prime minister at the White House today, according to the White House schedule, as the conflict with Iran drags on and diplomatic efforts to end it face significant obstacles. Trump is due to meet with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, in a closed-door meeting. Vice-president JD Vance is also scheduled to meet with the Qatari leader, according to a US official. A US deportation flight of Iranian nationals
The potential for partnership between newly ascendant Democrats and the "Make America Healthy Again" movement is already threatened by their deep disagreements over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Why it matters: Democrats want to convince health-conscious voters that they're the party that can deliver on food and pesticide use, but many view an alliance with Kennedy as a nonstarter. They're already threatening to investigate Kennedy, and they're clashing bitterly with him over vaccines and other issues — so any common ground with MAHA over nutrition and pesticides could take a back seat to those fights. State of play: Most MAHA-backed candidates lost at the polls last week. Some of the movement's leaders blame low turnout for the GOP's terrible election night, saying MAHA faithful stayed home because they were disappointed with the Trump administration and a lack of progress on food and environmental issues. Whatever they may think of the White House and federal health officials, the base remains intensely loyal to Kennedy, who created the movement during his 2024 presidential bid. "The voters sent a clear message to this administration and to all political parties, that we are not motivated to vote for people who have a lack of integrity. Promises were made, and promises were broken," said Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America. While she's open to working with Democrats going forward, "We want them to work with Kennedy, not against him," she added. "That's the red line for almost all of us. You cross that line and you go after Kennedy, you are never getting our vote," she said. "I'm not interested in working with people who are trying to get rid of our champion." The big picture: Some Democrats were making overtures to MAHA voters on key issues ahead of the midterms. Lawmakers like Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have already said they're willing to work with Kennedy on issues like cleaning up the food supply, school lunches and banning the use of certain
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Ibra Samb first saw people carrying surfboards when he was a little boy, studying at a Quran school in a fishing village in Senegal. Together with friends, he hid from teachers and parents and followed the surfers — who were all white foreigners — to the beach.
Efforts to fight climate change, conserve nature and build clean energy have long unfolded on competing tracks. Now, they're colliding — and exposing tough trade-offs for environmentalists. Why it matters: Congress' sweeping permitting debate is forcing those competing priorities into the same conversation, with major consequences for climate action and conservation. Driving the news: The Senate is set to hold an initial procedural vote Monday on a sprawling bipartisan bill that would make it easier to build power lines and energy projects of all kinds, including clean energy and fossil fuels. At the heart of the debate is how much public scrutiny projects should face before they're approved — and how much protection those approvals should receive afterward. Supporters say the current system takes too long, delaying clean energy and other infrastructure. Opponents warn that speeding things up could come at the expense of wildlife, public lands and tribal rights. Between the lines: The dilemma reflects a fundamental tension within the environmental movement: Building the infrastructure needed to combat climate change can threaten nature, while protecting nature can complicate efforts to build that infrastructure. Wind and solar farms, for example, can require large expanses of land, potentially disrupting wildlife habitats even as they help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "The part of my organization that cares about climate sees great opportunity and the part that cares about nature sees some dangers," said a leader of one organization that focuses on both causes, speaking anonymously to discuss the proposal candidly. The big picture: Both parties broadly agree Washington needs to overhaul federal permitting, a perennial goal that has eluded Congress for years. The question is what reforms can attract enough support to pass both chambers. The bill's bipartisan sponsors and the White House want action before year's end. But some Democrats, emboldened by their midter
Trump has long relied on sports to project strength and fuel his culture wars. But after a crushing midterm defeat, even his UFC ally cannot distract from the political fallout In the wake of being destroyed in the midterm elections , it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump did something outrageous in an attempt to misdirect public attention away from his catastrophic losses. Before the midterms, published reports suggested the possibility of apocalypse, global or domestic – a nuclear strike on Iran, martial law to suspend last week’s, the invalidation of individual races, such as in Alaska – but Trump opted for banality over Armageddon, offering his vacant press secretary opening to Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White. It was absurd, and widely posited that a confused Trump had erroneously conflated UFC’s White with the Dana White who made more sense, former Heritage Foundation staffer Dana White. Because the public reactions made him look even more lost, confirming the sentiments of recklessness and disorder, utter chaos and buffoonery that led to the Republicans being routed in the midterm elections, the president said his offer to White was all a joke . As a disciple of the notorious McCarthyite Roy Cohn, who taught Trump one of his main political pillars – never apologize or admit wrongdoing. Ever. – Trump should not, of course, be taken at his word. Continue reading...
The world's most powerful AI executive admitted Sunday to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, sending shock waves through an industry built on his singular influence. Why it matters: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has fashioned himself as the indispensable leader of an indispensable company — a $4.5 trillion behemoth with unparalleled clout in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and inside President Trump's White House. Trump stood by Huang on Sunday evening, telling reporters that the Nvidia CEO is "an honorable guy" and "probably has an excuse" for his infidelity. The big picture: Huang, who has led Nvidia since founding the chipmaker 33 years ago, has become the AI boom's chief evangelist and most authoritative voice. He has brushed aside fears of both a speculative bubble and technological catastrophe, joining forces with Trump to calm markets and the public as warnings of an AI apocalypse reached fever pitch. For almost any other CEO, an affair with a suspected foreign intelligence operative could be career-ending. Huang's grip on Nvidia — and the company's extraordinary importance to the AI economy — may insulate him from the same fate. Driving the news: Huang confessed to the affair in a letter to staff Sunday, apologizing to his family as Nvidia's board launched an independent probe into the suspected Chinese intelligence operation. U.S. officials believe Alice Huang, an executive at Nvidia customer Megaspeed, was recruited by Beijing's top spy agency to gather information and potentially influence Nvidia's campaign to expand advanced chip sales to China. Nvidia's board said it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised and expressed confidence in Jensen Huang, who intends to remain CEO during the investigation. Zoom in: The New York Times first exposed the suspected Chinese espionage operation on Oct. 29, reporting that a woman believed to be working for Beijing had developed a close relationship with Nvidia's CEO. The company po
European leaders are less than confident in President Donald Trump’s undefined plan to pursue a broad security agreement between the continent, Ukraine, and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, met with Trump at the White House on Thursday while attending a joint event with Ukrainian leaders to celebrate the successful Oleshky ceasefire and […]
Real Madrid are set to launch a commemorative kit for their 125th anniversary featuring its first-ever badge in all-white colors, according to a report published on FootyHeadlines. Additionally, one sleeve will feature a special patch rendered in a gold tone, depicting a European Cup, the number 125, and the inscription “Anniversary 1902-2027.” The blue kit […]
The president told the Ultimate Fighting Championship boss to "please take the job" in a Truth Social post on Saturday.
Donald Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about appointing UFC CEO Dana White as the White House press secretary.
Trump’s most controversial aide begins his first day as White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, the influential architect of Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown , is due to start as White House chief of staff today. His promotion has horrified many, handing even more power to the president’s most controversial aide. The 41-year-old has been with Trump since the beginning of the US president’s political career – serving as a speechwriter during his 2016 presidential campaign – and has long been seen as a hardliner on the right, serving as the driving force behind first-term Trump policies such as family separation at the US-Mexico border and the travel ban on people from many Muslim-majority countries. Continue reading...
Sean Payton gave NFL fans something else to talk about after the Denver Broncos’ 26-21 win over the Carolina Panthers. During his postgame press conference, the head coach mistakenly accused a reporter of smoking inside the press room.
White is a close friend of Trump and has endorsed him for president, but has never held a government position.
Donald Trump and Dana White are meeting Monday, but whether or not the UFC boss will become the next White House press secretary is not seriously on the agenda. A day after the former Apprentice host offered the “Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior” the still vacant mouthpiece position via social media, Trump […]
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President Trump said on Sunday that he offered UFC CEO Dana White the White House press secretary role as a joke. “I will tell you, I was only kidding,” Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida. “But Dana loves the idea, and there’s only one Dana, and he’s great.” The president then appeared to…
Lawmakers are returning to Washington, D.C., to a stunning new political reality, and President Trump is vowing to fight back against the new Congress after the midterm blowout. He spoke with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat and Olivia Gazis reports on the lawmakers' return.
G7 foreign ministers will revisit Russia’s war in Ukraine and the prospect of further US strikes on Iran when they meet in Paris. Washington has kept the option of new strikes open since Republicans lost the midterm elections. Rubio is due to attend both days, compared with one in March.
Katie Miller, the wife of new White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, announced she’s halting her podcast after her husband’s promotion to focus on her family. “I make every decision based on what’s best for my children and our family,” Katie Miller wrote on X. “With @StephenM taking on this new role for President […]
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President says it was ‘just a little fun’ to picture White, UFC boss and Trump’s friend, in briefing room with fighters Donald Trump said on Sunday that he “was only kidding” when he announced a day earlier that he had offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ). Speaking to reporters on his way back the White House from his beach club in Florida, Trump explained the premise of his joke, that if the UFC boss, who is a devoted fan of the president, took over the briefing room, flanked by six fighters, reporters “wouldn’t mess around with him so much”. Continue reading...
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said Sunday he believes Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) will be primaried in the 2028 elections following Democrats’ decisive midterm election victories this week. Shapiro, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, made the comment while speaking with Kristen Welker on Meet the Press days after his party retook the House and the Senate […]
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The president said on Sunday that the U.F.C. chief executive “loves the idea” of being the White House spokesman but that his public offer of the job was “just a little fun.”
Dana White, UFC chief executive and longtime Trump political supporter, will meet with the president on Monday "on other matters," Trump said.
Trump walks back his online post a day earlier saying he’d offered the UFC mogul a job as White House press secretary.
On Sunday (8), Palmeiras reached the 2026 Copa do Brasil final after knocking out Vasco at São Januário.Verdão are also in the Conmebol Libertadores final against Estudiantes and sit second in the ...
Trump says he was joking when he offered Dana White the press secretary job, but confirmed the UFC boss is visiting the White House on Monday.
President Trump defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Sunday night, even as the company's board launched an investigation into his affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Why it matters: The blowback to Huang's relationship is only getting more intense by the hour, with multiple members of Congress calling for probes and investors saying the news could put a cloud over the entire AI trade. What they're saying: Trump was asked Sunday night if he's taking Huang with him on an Asia trip next week. "I don't know, but I'd certainly take him," the president told reporters. "I haven't heard that he's done anything wrong," Trump added. "He dealt with somebody but, you know, so does everybody else." The intrigue: The New York Times reported in late October that Trump was briefed earlier this year about Huang's relationship with the potential spy but chose not to act. Huang has been one of Trump's favorite corporate executives since his return to office, frequently appearing at White House events. He also traveled with Trump to China earlier this year, even after the reported memo warning the president of Huang's relationship. What's next: A group of House Republican committee chairs have asked Huang to agree by Nov. 11 to a date for a briefing on his relationship and Nvidia's national security controls.
