A federal judge refused on Friday to stop the White House from staging a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nations 250th anniversary on President Donald Trumps 80th birthday.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta's ruling allows organizers to use the White House lawn as the venue for Sundays planned UFC mixed martial arts event. Mehta concluded that the plaintiffs likely dont have legal standing to challenge the event and have failed to prove that they would suffer irreparable harm by the event going forward as planned. The judge also cited the plaintiffs unreasonable delay in suing to challenge an event thats been in the works for months.In the context of an emergency application and coupled with the fact that the UFC fight date was long ago known it is fair to say Plaintiffs unreasonably delayed bringing suit, undercutting their claims of irreparable harm, Mehta wrote.Attorneys from the nonprofit Public Integrity Project sued to challenge Trumps UFC Freedom 250 event on behalf of an activist and a Vietnam War veteran. The two plaintiffs also asked the court to block organizers from building anything for the event on White House grounds, including a 92-foot-tall, 600-ton steel structure called The Claw.The plaintiffs alleged aesthetic harms, the judge noted, are temporary since The Claw will be disassembled starting Monday morning and staging equipment at the Lincoln Memorial must be removed before then. The Presidents musings about permanency of the Claw does not move the dial in the face of a White House officials clear representation, the judge wrote.The White House called the lawsuit is a baseless attempt to prevent Trump from hosting an event thats no different from many others routinely hosted at public forums in the nations capital.Trump's administration cant issue permits for sporting events on the South Lawn or at the Lincoln Memorial, where UFC fighters planned to hold a press conference in front of fans on Friday, according to plaintiffs attorneys. They noted that the event is a privately organized, for-profit business venture, with VIP packages costing millions of dollars. The Presidents administration is granting the UFC an extraordinary business opportunity it may not lawfully grant, and in exchange the UFC is throwing an event at which its leadership, fighters, advertisers, and various celebrities will all pay tribute to the President on his birthday, plaintiffs attorneys wrote.The National Park Service and the Interior Department are named as defendants in the lawsuit. In 2019, during his first term in office, Trump became the first sitting president to attend a UFC show. Trump, a Republican, is a friend of UFC president and CEO Dana White.Mehta was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. Mehta has presided over other Trump-related cases, including civil litigation accusing Trump of inciting a mob of his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, a Democrat.

Thomas Partey has been barred from entering Canada, ruling the Villarreal midfielder out of Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama next Wednesday.The 32-year-old, who faces trial on seven counts of rape and one of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court, had his visa application rejected by Canadian authorities.Ghana's tournament begins at BMO Field in Toronto on June 17, but their former Arsenal star will be forced to watch from afar.Partey arrived in the United States with his national team on June 4 and has been training at their Rhode Island base camp ahead of the competition.The Metropolitan Police initially charged Partey with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in July 2025, relating to alleged offences against three women between 2021 and 2022.He entered not guilty pleas to those charges in September of that year.Two additional rape counts were brought against him in February 2026, stemming from a separate investigation into alleged incidents in 2020 involving a fourth woman.Partey pleaded not guilty to these further charges in April.The trial, originally scheduled for November, may now be postponed until early 2027.Under his bail conditions, the midfielder must inform authorities before travelling abroad.FIFA confirmed the visa refusal in a statement, explaining: "FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey will be unable to travel from Ghana's team base camp in Boston, USA, to Canada for their first match against Panama on Wednesday, 17 June, as his visa application has been refused by the Canadian government."The governing body emphasised it plays no role in host nations' immigration processes, noting that governments ultimately determine who receives entry.Canadian immigration authorities stated that safety remains their priority when welcoming World Cup participants.The IRCC noted that officers may deny entry to individuals deemed a potential security risk, applying rules consistently regardless of profile or nationality.Following the Panama fixture, Ghana face England at Gillette Stadium in Boston on June 23 before concluding their Group L campaign against Croatia at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on June 27.Partey spent five seasons at Arsenal, featuring 35 times in the Premier League during his final 2024-25 campaign at the Emirates.He subsequently joined Villarreal, where he made 32 appearances throughout the 2025-26 domestic season.His contract with the Spanish club expires at the end of this month, though an option exists to extend by a further year.The Metropolitan Police investigation began in February 2022 following an initial rape allegation.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game in Toronto against Panama, after being denied entry to Canada.

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Thomas Partey sapprte dbuter la Coupe monde 2026 avec le Ghana face au Panama, dans la nuit du 17 au 18 juin Toronto (1h), alors quil est en attente de son procs en Angleterre. Le joueur de Villarreal, pass par Arsenal, est accus par quatre femmes de viols et agression sexuelle. Il nie les faits depuis le dbut des investigations.

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