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<p>Joe WalshJuly 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM</p>

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<p>Get ready to see some punches on the White House grounds.</p>

<p>President Trump says he will host a UFC mixed martial arts fight at the White House as part of next year's festivities celebrating 250 years of American independence.</p>

<p>The idea came up during a Thursday night speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, one year and one day before the 250th anniversary of the 1776 ratification of the Declaration of Independence. The federal government is planning to mark the occasion with a year's worth of events — including a UFC fight, according to Mr. Trump.</p>

<p>"We're going to have some incredible events," the president said. "Some professional events, some amateur events. But the UFC fight is going to be a big deal, too."</p>

<p>Further details on the event, which is not lacking for possible names (the Rose Garden Fight Night? Oval Office Octagon?), are unclear. But the president is "dead serious" about the idea, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told a pool reporter on Thursday. A UFC spokesperson also confirmed the plans to CBS News.</p>

<p>Mr. Trump described it as a "championship fight, full fight" with 20,000 or 25,000 spectators — a tall order for the White House grounds, though Mr. Trump said, "we have a lot of land there." He said longtime UFC CEO Dana White will organize the event.</p>

<p>The president's ties to the UFC go back to at least 2001, when the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City hosted the mixed martial arts enterprise. Since then, Mr. Trump has periodically attended UFC fights, including last month. The president is also close with White, who helped introduce Mr. Trump at last summer's Republican National Convention and took the stage at Mr. Trump's election night victory party.</p>

<p>Mr. Trump plugged a handful of other America250 events in his Thursday speech, including a "Great American State Fair," a National Mall celebration and an athletic competition called the "Patriot Games."</p>

<p>"I think it's going to be a wild time," Mr. Trump told reporters after returning to the D.C. area following the speech.</p>

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Wedding Guest's Gluten-Free Cake Disappears — Leading to Tense Exchange with Other Attendees

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<p>Kimberlee SpeakmanJuly 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM</p>

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<p>A bundt cake (stock image)</p>

<p>A woman, who has a gluten allergy, shared in a viral Reddit post that she was not able to get any of the bundt cakes made for people with food allergies at her boyfriend's dad's wedding</p>

<p>She said she confronted a family, who was not gluten-free, but took at least three plates of the gluten-free bundt cakes</p>

<p>One of the family members then approached her at the wedding and asked her to apologize to her husband for making him feel "uncomfortable"</p>

<p>A woman says she lost her cool at a wedding after a family took a majority of the gluten-free bundt cakes set aside for her and other guests with food allergies.</p>

<p>The woman shared in a post on Reddit's popular "Am I The A------" forum that she attended her boyfriend's dad's wedding and he took into account her "gluten allergy" by including a gluten-free dessert — bundt cakes — for her and other gluten-free guests.</p>

<p>However, when it was time for dessert, the woman was "upset" after finding out that all 10 of the gluten-free bundt cake slices were gone. She had been conversing with another guest when dessert was called, so she was late getting to the table.</p>

<p>"... My boyfriend's uncle (who is the only other GF person) came up to me with a cake and told me that all 10 cakes were gone and he had the last one, offering to share half," she recalled. "I was upset. I know that only 2 people had an allergy there."</p>

<p>The Redditor went to investigate where the missing cakes had gone and found a family — who she said she knew was not gluten-free — eating three bundt cake slices. She said she asked the husband of the family if he was gluten-free and he told her that he preferred "gluten-free" cake because "it tastes better."</p>

<p>She said she told him that she had a gluten allergy and wasn't able to have any cake, prompting an "awkward" moment between the two. This prompted his wife to offer a plate of the "mostly eaten" bundt cake they still had left. The woman said she declined and told them, "No, it's fine just next time don't eat allergen friendly food if you don't have an allergy."</p>

<p>The woman said sometime later while she was chatting with other guests, the wife came up to her and told her that it "wasn't very nice" what she said back at their table and said she made them feel "very uncomfortable." She also said that her husband felt "bad and uncomfortable" with her actions and asked her to "apologize to him."</p>

<p>"I bit my tongue and went to talk to my boyfriend In private," the woman shared. "I told him I was in fact not sorry and had no regret for calling out them eating MY allergy friendly food. He agreed with me and told me not to apologize and ignore the incident."</p>

<p>She then asked if she should have apologized to the family for making them uncomfortable. In response, several people noted that they felt she took it too far with how she handled the situation.</p>

<p>One person said, "Your handling [of] the situation puts this one on you. It isn't your place to attempt to shame someone's buffet choice… Your quarrel isn't with the unfortunate guest to whom you vented your frustrations, it's with the servers/caterers/whoever was in charge of passing out the cake."</p>

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<p>"He didn't do anything wrong. Two guests who are gluten sensitive, 10 cakes. More than enough to go around. He picked the cake he preferred. Sometimes, when I'm at a dinner or buffet, there's a vegetarian option. I'm not a vegetarian, but I'll take it if it looks/sounds good," they added.</p>

<p>Another agreed, saying, "It's just cake and from the sounds of it there was plenty of food there for you to eat. Sometimes things run out. It's not their fault that it was set out for everyone to grab."</p>

<p>One commenter chimed in that next time she should be "quicker" about trying to get the "gluten-free dessert" as "nobody else is responsible for your allergy."</p>

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Wimbledon: No. 1 Jannik Sinner moves into the 3rd round with a straight-set victory over Vukic

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<p>1 / 3Britain Wimbledon TennisJannik Sinner of Italy returns to Aleksandar Vukic of Australia during their second round men's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p>

<p>LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner moved into Wimbledon's third round with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Aleksandar Vukic of Australia at Centre Court on Thursday.</p>

<p>Sinner had 38 winners and just 11 unforced errors in the 1-hour, 40-minute match and saved all four break points he faced.</p>

<p>The owner of three Grand Slam titles advanced to face 52nd-ranked Pedro Martinez of Spain on Saturday.</p>

<p>Wimbledon is the only major tournament where Sinner has yet to reach a final; he lost in the 2023 semifinals at the All England Club.</p>

<p>He won the Australian Open each of the past two years, won the U.S. Open last September and was the runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open last month. Sinner took the first two sets in that final and held three championship points before Alcaraz came back to win.</p>

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What to know about Julio César Chávez's arrest by U.S. immigration officials

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<p>July 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM</p>

<p>FILE - Jake Paul, front left, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., front right, pose for photographers following a ceremonial weigh-in ahead of their cruiserweight boxing match, in Anaheim, Calif., June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)</p>

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. immigration officials have arrested famous Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. — days after his high-profile fight with Jake Paul — for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application, officials said Thursday.</p>

<p>Chávez was detained in front of his home on Wednesday and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, authorities said.</p>

<p>Here's what to know about this arrest:</p>

<p>Who is Chávez?</p>

<p>The 39-year-old boxer is a former middleweight champion hails from Mexico. His father, Julio César Chávez, is one of the most beloved athletes in Mexican history and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.</p>

<p>The son has battled drug addiction for much of his lengthy boxing career, failing drug tests, serving suspensions and egregiously missing weight while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to the sport.</p>

<p>The younger Chavez still rose to the heights, winning the WBC middleweight title in 2011 and defending it three times. Chávez shared the ring with generational greats Canelo Álvarez and Sergio Martinez, losing to both.</p>

<p>In 2012, he was convicted of drunken driving in Los Angeles and sentenced to 13 days in jail. Then in January 2024, he was arrested on gun charges. Police said he possessed two AR-style ghost rifles. He was later freed on a $50,000 bond and on condition he went to a residential drug treatment facility. The case is still pending, with Chávez reporting his progress regularly.</p>

<p>Chávez was away from the ring for three years before his return late last year, but Paul's invitation brought him back again.</p>

<p>Where was he arrested?</p>

<p>According to his attorney, Michael Goldstein, Chávez was picked up Wednesday by a large number of federal agents while he was riding a scooter in front of a home where he resides in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio City, near Hollywood.</p>

<p>Goldstein said officials blocked off the street and took Chávez into custody without informing his family. TV stations staked out his home Thursday afternoon and did not see anyone leave his home.</p>

<p>Just days before, Chávez had faced off against influencer-turned-boxer Paul and lost in a highly anticipated fight in Anaheim, California. The Department of Homeland Security said officials had determined Chávez should be arrested June 27, a day before the fight. It was unclear why they waited to act for days after the high-profile event.</p>

<p>What is he accused of?</p>

<p>Federal officials said in a news release that Chávez overstayed a tourist visa that he entered the U.S. with in August 2023. The visa expired in February 2024, they said.</p>

<p>Homeland Security said Chávez submitted multiple fraudulent statements when he applied for permanent residency on April 2, 2024, based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, Frida Muñoz.</p>

<p>She is the mother of a granddaughter of imprisoned Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. U.S. officials said he is believed to be affiliated with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel that is blamed for a significant portion of Mexico's drug violence.</p>

<p>Mexico's Attorney General's Office said that an arrest warrant against "Julio "C was issued in March 2023 in an investigation of organized crime and arms trafficking allegations, and that Mexico initiated extradition proceedings on Thursday.</p>

<p>A federal agent who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed to The that "Julio C" is Chávez.</p>

<p>What happens next?</p>

<p>Goldstein, Chávez's attorney, said he did not know where Chávez was being detained as of Thursday morning.</p>

<p>DHS said Thursday that he was being processed for "expedited removal" from the country.</p>

<p>Chávez's family issued a statement Thursday afternoon in support of him, the Los Angeles Times reported.</p>

<p>"We have full confidence in his innocence," the statement said. "We firmly believe that the proper course is to allow the competent authorities to carry out their work without external pressure or speculation."</p>

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El Salvador president denies that Abrego Garcia was tortured in prison

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<p>Kanishka SinghJuly 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM</p>

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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Thursday denied accusations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, was tortured in a Salvadoran prison.</p>

<p>In a court filing in the U.S. on Wednesday, Abrego Garcia gave a first-hand description of his experience at the Salvadoran high-security prison CECOT and reported severe mistreatment.</p>

<p>His lawyers said he lost 31 pounds (14 kg) in his first two weeks there and was "subjected to severe mistreatment upon arrival at CECOT, including but not limited to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture."</p>

<p>Bukele disputed that in a social media post on Thursday.</p>

<p>"But the man wasn't tortured, nor did he lose weight," Bukele said. "If he'd been tortured, sleep-deprived, and starved, why does he look so well in every picture?"</p>

<p>Bukele's post included pictures and video of Abrego Garcia in detention.</p>

<p>A Maryland resident whose wife and young child are U.S. citizens, Abrego Garcia was deported from the U.S. on March 15 to El Salvador, despite a 2019 immigration court ruling that he not be sent there because he could be persecuted by gangs. Officials called his removal an "administrative error."</p>

<p>Critics of U.S. President Donald Trump pointed to the case as evidence his administration was prioritizing increased deportations over due process - the principle that people in the U.S., whether citizens or not, can contest governmental actions against them in courts.</p>

<p>Trump has pledged to crack down on illegal immigration and says Abrego Garcia belongs to the MS-13 gang, an accusation his lawyers deny.</p>

<p>The Justice Department brought Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. on June 6 after securing an indictment charging him with working with at least five co-conspirators as part of a smuggling ring to bring immigrants to the U.S. illegally.</p>

<p>He has pleaded not guilty and the government says it plans to deport him again. He is currently detained in Tennessee while his criminal case is pending.</p>

<p>(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)</p>

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Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential

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<p>SHEIKH SAALIQ July 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM</p>

<p>1 / 3India Dalai Lama BirthdayTibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama presides over an event celebrating his 90th birthday according to a Tibetan calendar at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Monday, June 30, 2025, ahead of his birthday according to the Gregorian calendar on July 6. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)</p>

<p>DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity.</p>

<p>They also see him as the face of Tibet's aspirations for greater autonomy, but have for years wrestled with the idea that he might be the last person to hold the role.</p>

<p>He put that speculation to rest Wednesday, just days before he turns 90 on Sunday. There will be a successor after his death, he announced, and the Dalai Lama's office will lead the search and recognize a successor in accordance with past tradition.</p>

<p>The decision is consequential for most Tibetans, who have struggled for decades to keep their identity alive — in Tibet or outside in exile — and rallied behind the Dalai Lama for that cause. It could also irk China, which insists that it alone has the authority to approve the next religious leader, a move seen as Beijing's efforts to strengthen its control over Tibet's overwhelmingly Buddhist population.</p>

<p>'Simple Buddhist monk' hailed as a god-king</p>

<p>Recognized worldwide in his red robes and wide smile, the Dalai Lama describes himself as a "simple Buddhist monk." But he is also worshipped as living manifestations of Chenrezig, the Buddhist god of compassion, and is the 14th person to hold the title of the Dalai Lama in a tradition stretching back 500 years.</p>

<p>As a village boy, Tenzin Gyatso was thrust onto the Tibetan throne to become the Dalai Lama — a god-king to his people — in 1937. Soon after, Chinese troops swept into his homeland in the 1950s and crushed a failed uprising. He escaped with thousands of his followers to India and established a government in exile.</p>

<p>Since then, the Dalai Lama has spent more than seven decades in exile, living an austere monastic life in regal isolation in the tiny, Himalayan town of Dharamshala. He has also jetted from capital to capital to try to force the aspirations of his tiny community onto the world agenda, uniting and mobilizing Tibetans inside and outside China.</p>

<p>The face of Tibet's struggle for autonomy</p>

<p>Tibetans in exile say they were effectively independent for centuries, and accuse China of trying to wipe out Tibet's Buddhist culture and language, and encouraging Chinese to move there from other parts of the country. Beijing insists Tibet is a part of China.</p>

<p>While many Tibetans seek full independence, the Dalai Lama has long said that he seeks only substantial autonomy and identity for Tibetan people. He has advocated for a nonviolent "Middle Way" for autonomy and religious freedom for Tibetan people through peaceful means.</p>

<p>Beijing, however, accuses him of making efforts to wrest Tibet's control away from China and inciting rebellion among Tibetans. In the past, Chinese leaders have called him a "wolf in monk's robes" and the "scum of Buddhism."</p>

<p>In 1989, the Nobel Peace Prize committee honored him "for his consistent resistance to the use of violence in his people's struggle." In 2011, he relinquished his role as head of the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile and handed over political powers to a democratically elected government.</p>

<p>Raging dispute</p>

<p>With the Dalai Lama in his twilight years, the question looms about what happens after him.</p>

<p>The Dalai Lama has said that his successor will be born in a free country, indicating that the next spiritual leader could come from among Tibetan exiles and not from China.</p>

<p>China, meanwhile, is determined to control the succession of the Dalai Lama and insists that the reincarnation must be found in China's Tibetan areas, giving the Communist authorities immense power over who is chosen.</p>

<p>Thus, many observers believe there eventually will be rival Dalai Lamas — one appointed by Beijing, and one by senior monks loyal to the current Dalai Lama.</p>

<p>China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism's No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, and Beijing produced its own successor, whose legitimacy is highly contested.</p>

<p>Search for next Dalai Lama</p>

<p>The search for a Dalai Lama's reincarnation begins only upon the incumbent's death. Traditionally, the successor has been identified by senior monastic disciples, based on spiritual signs and visions. They interpret signs, consult oracles and send search parties to the Tibetan region for a child who exhibits qualities of the previous Dalai Lama.</p>

<p>It can take several years after the next Dalai Lama is identified as a baby and groomed to take the reins.</p>

<p>That process might be undone this time as the Dalai Lama has said that he might leave written instructions for finding his reincarnation, or name his successor while still alive.</p>

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