{"id":2613597,"date":"2026-06-12T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-freedom-250-full-steam-ahead-obama-judge-declines-to-stop-sunday-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:54:02","slug":"ufc-freedom-250-full-steam-ahead-obama-judge-declines-to-stop-sunday-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-freedom-250-full-steam-ahead-obama-judge-declines-to-stop-sunday-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Freedom 250 full steam ahead: Obama judge declines to stop Sunday fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fufc-freedom-250-full-steam-ahead-obama-judge-declines-to-stop-sunday-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal court declined to halt the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ufc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4991\">UFC<\/a> fight on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> South Lawn this weekend, denying a lawsuit from two Virginia residents filed a week ahead of the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.293217\/gov.uscourts.dcd.293217.14.0.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.293217\/gov.uscourts.dcd.293217.14.0.pdf\">denied<\/a> an effort to halt the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4530307\/freedom-250-ufc-fight-white-house\/\">UFC Freedom 250<\/a>\u00a0event, which is set to take place Sunday, which is both Flag Day and President\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s 80th birthday, on the South Lawn of the White House, finding the two residents did not show a likelihood of standing to bring the claims in federal court.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4606444\/federal-judge-todd-blanche-swear-anti-weaponization-fund-not-revived\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Federal judge wants Todd Blanche to swear in writing anti-weaponization fund won\u2019t be revived<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4606317\/appeals-court-upholds-fraud-conviction-of-sam-bankman-fried\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Appeals court upholds fraud conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4606366\/watch-live-tyler-robinson-accused-killing-charlie-kirk-appear-court\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk to appear in court<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mehta also found that even if the residents did have standing to bring the lawsuit, they have not shown how they would be irreparably harmed if the event is allowed to take place, also taking a swipe at the two Virginia residents for filing the lawsuit a week before the long-planned fight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlaintiffs\u2019 unreasonable delay in filing suit, though not dispositive, undercuts their claims of irreparable harm,\u201d Mehta wrote. \u201cThe public has known that the White House would be hosting a UFC fight event since President Trump first announced it in July 2025. Equipment and materials for the event began arriving at the White House around May 20, 2026, and construction of the Claw began six days later. Plaintiffs, however, waited until June 7, 2026\u2014more than two weeks after visible preparations commenced at the White House\u2014to seek emergency relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit filed against the National Park Service, along with other federal agencies and officials, by two Virginia residents backed by the left-wing activist group Public Integrity Project, alleged the planned events at the White House and Lincoln Memorial are \u201cdeeply corrupt,\u201d violating NPS regulations on sporting events on its property and being a burden to taxpayers. The Department of Justice urged the judge to deny their bid to stop the event, taking aim at the two residents for filing their lawsuit on the eve of the event, which was announced in 2025, while also asserting that \u201cNPS\u2019s regulations do not prohibit the UFC Freedom 250 activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Mehta\u2019s Friday ruling, the fight and other activities related to the UFC Freedom 250 can continue. The two Virginia residents could appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but they are unlikely to get a favorable ruling from a higher court with the fight just over 48 hours away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4600463\/doj-lawsuit-stop-ufc-white-house-event\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4600463\">DOJ SLAMS LAST-MINUTE LAWSUIT TRYING TO STOP UFC WHITE HOUSE EVENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Sunday, with a\u00a0seven-fight lineup\u00a0planned, in a specially constructed outdoor venue known as \u201cthe Claw\u201d on the South Lawn. The venue will have 4,500 seats, while thousands more will be able to watch the fights from large screens set up on the Ellipse, and the event will be televised on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UFC event is billed as part of the festivities in Washington, D.C., leading up to the country\u2019s 250th birthday on July 4. Other events for the semiquincentennial include a planned \u201cstate fair\u201d on the National Mall and an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4602525\/freedom-250-indycar-race-attracts-massive-interest\/\">IndyCar race<\/a> in downtown D.C. in August.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court declined to halt the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn this weekend, denying a lawsuit from two Virginia residents filed a week ahead of the event. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied an effort to halt the UFC Freedom 250\u00a0event, which is set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2613598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26158675820464_248b73.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26158675820464_248b73.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}