A federal judge ruled on Friday that the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a legal advocacy group's request to block organizers from using the White House lawn as the venue for Sunday's planned UFC mixed martial arts event.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, rejected an attempt to block Sunday's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) card at the White House. A lawsuit over the event was filed on June 6 by activists Susan Douglas and Paul Romano against the National Park Service and other federal defendants, arguing that it is "deeply corrupt." They alleged that the UFC and its commercial partners are being allowed to profit from access to some of the nation's most iconic federal sites.

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for UFC Freedom 250 to proceed at the White House and Lincoln Memorial this weekend, rejecting a last-minute court challenge just days before the high-profile event. U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta, an Obama appointee, denied an emergency request by two Washington-area residents to halt the mixed martial arts showdown, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing to sue in the first place and had not demonstrated a sufficient injury.

Elon Musk just became the first trillionaire in world history. SpaceX's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Friday at $150 per share and closed at $160.95 per share.

Elon Musk's SpaceX began trading at $150 a share on Friday, above its listing price of $135 a share, making him the world's first-ever trillionaire following the IPO.

With SpaceX shares soaring 20 percent on their first day of trading, the world's richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.

On foreign policy, the political spectrum is not as simple as left versus right, interventionist versus isolationist, or militarism versus diplomacy.

The Trump Administration suspended the embattled Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority from receiving federal funds Thursday, citing repeated financial mismanagement and lack of control over conflict of interest safeguards.

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County's main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds while it investigates the agency's alleged "wanton mismanagement of public funds."

A top Trump agency is cutting off funding to the Los Angeles agency responsible for coordinating billions in homelessness spending after accusing it of "obvious fraud," "wanton mismanagement" and repeated failures to safeguard taxpayer dollars, Fox News Digital has learned.

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