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White House Hosts Controversial UFC Event, Drawing Criticism
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White House Hosts Controversial UFC Event, Drawing Criticism

The White House hosted a UFC event that sparked significant controversy and criticism from various public figures and media outlets. The event drew attention for its unusual setting and comments made by some participants.

Maine Democrats Frustrated as Graham Platner Resists Calls to Drop Out
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Maine Democrats Frustrated as Graham Platner Resists Calls to Drop Out

Maine Democrats are expressing growing frustration as Graham Platner resists their calls to drop out of the race following a bombshell rape allegation. The party is now grappling with how to replace Platner and move forward.

Judge Allows White House UFC Event Amid Legal Challenges
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Judge Allows White House UFC Event Amid Legal Challenges

A US judge has rejected a lawsuit seeking to block a UFC cage fight scheduled to take place at the White House. This decision allows the event to proceed despite various legal and public objections.

FBI Director Kash Patel Says Bureau Uncovered Antifa Funding Sources
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FBI Director Kash Patel Says Bureau Uncovered Antifa Funding Sources

FBI Director Kash Patel Says Bureau Uncovered Antifa Funding Sources Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), FBI Director Kash Patel said on Feb. 18 that the law enforcement agency uncovered what he said are funding sources tied to antifa organizations, suggesting that more enforcement actions could come against the left-wing movement. FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images “Whether it’s antifa or any other violent criminal organization—we know their operations don’t exist alone; they operate with heavy funding streams,” he wrote in a post on X, along with a clip from an interview with former deputy director Dan Bongino, on his show. Patel said that the FBI is “finding them and those who fund their criminal activity.” The FBI chief did not provide more information about the organizations, the source of the funding, or specific donors who may be involved. However, he said the FBI is looking into any financial backers linked to violence committed by alleged antifa operators. Agents are looking at whether funding was sent through U.S.-based nonprofit groups and whether any of those nonprofits had tax-exempt status. They are also evaluating potential foreign funding streams, he said. “Money doesn’t lie,” Patel told Bongino in the interview, saying that the FBI is right now “following the money” and that the law enforcement agency is “starting to arrest people who used their funds to incite violence in the guise of political peaceful protest.” Last year, Patel told The Epoch Times’s Jan Jekielek in an interview that the FBI is mapping out the entire antifa network and indicated that funding streams are being traced, coming months after the Trump administration designated antifa as a domestic terrorist group. The executive order, issued by President Donald Trump on Sept. 22, called antifa a “militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.” The administration also designated foreign antifa groups as foreign terrorist organizations in November 2025. The State Department, in its designation, stated that “groups affiliated with this movement ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity, using these to incite and justify violent assaults domestically and overseas.” In his first term, Trump signaled that he would designate antifa a terrorist group in the midst of anti-police riots, violence, and demonstrations in the summer of 2020. At one point during the 2020 unrest, Trump warned that he would invoke the Insurrection Act that was last used during the Los Angeles riots in 1992, and he again suggested invoking the law as National Guard deployments were sent to multiple cities last year. Patel on Feb. 18 also dismissed longstanding claims that antifa is only an ideological framework and said that dozens of people in Texas have been arrested in connection with the left-wing organization. Federal officials in October 2025 targeted antifa and filed terrorism charges against five people in Texas, citing the order issued by Trump. In November 2025, the five defendants pleaded guilty in response to charges that they were accused of supporting antifa in a July shooting that wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration detention center. Patel previously said the charges in Texas are the first time a material support to terrorism charge has targeted antifa. Bongino, who was the FBI deputy director before leaving the government in January, returned to hosting his podcast this month. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Tyler Durden Fri, 02/20/2026 - 08:55

FBI Foils Plot to Attack White House UFC Event
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FBI Foils Plot to Attack White House UFC Event

The FBI has thwarted a plot to attack a UFC event at the White House, which was reportedly planned to coincide with Donald Trump's 80th birthday. Multiple individuals have been arrested in connection with the alleged scheme, which involved explosive drones and snipers.