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Still here, still working for you: with @NPRMichel in NPR Studio 31 at 5:19am.

2/2 the NPR Newsmakers interview with Dana White. The talk on legal / illegal immigration begins at 8:45. youtu.be/3ZnpJoANb8I?si…

Left: An account that is upset that I asked Dana White about Trump’s second term efforts to remove legal immigrants Right: Headline from this weekend. 1/2

Dana White’s UFC will stage MMA fights on the White House lawn June 14. What does his sport reveal about the rise of Donald Trump - and about who’s included in America? youtu.be/3ZnpJoANb8I?si…

The excerpt is from this by NPR’s Tom Driesbach: npr.org/2026/05/21/g-s…

Who is supposed to get the $1.776 billion in taxpayer funds that Trump commanded the government to pay his supporters? Administration officials have tried to blur the issue but Jan. 6 rioters are happily lining up for their share.

One of my favorite stories from our recent reporting in China was far from the Trump summit: Why some Chinese women confront men over smoking: npr.org/2026/05/21/g-s…

Here’s a rundown of what he said: open.substack.com/pub/steveinske…

Dana White is making news in MMA circles with his discussion of head injuries on NPR’s Newsmakers:

This is from the Dana White interview on NPR’s Newsmakers. Have a look. 2/2 youtu.be/3ZnpJoANb8I?si…

Dana White on brain injury in the UFC: It’s “inevitable.” 1/2 lowkickmma.com/dana-white-bra…

Dana White on the plan for the UFC to hold MMA fights on the White House lawn: 2/2 youtu.be/3ZnpJoANb8I?si…

In all fairness, the profanity in this episode is mine and not the guest’s. 1/2

The UFC, which will stage fights on the White House lawn, counts many immigrants and foreign citizens among its fighters, and the lightweight champion came from a refugee family. From NPR’s Newsmakers:

@JasonJournoDC Have a look at the whole thing! It’s a good conversation. youtu.be/3ZnpJoANb8I?si…

💥NEW: Dana White *CLAPS BACK* when NPR’s Steve Inskeep says polls show young men abandoning TRUMP💥 “I don’t really believe much in polls. He wasn’t supposed to win the first election. And he wasn’t supposed to win the second election based on polling. And he won both.”

On June 14, Dana White’s UFC stages fights on the White House lawn. He talked about the event, and the sport he has overseen for decades, on NPR’s Newsmakers.

My story for NPR npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-…

The heart of the matter:

Here’s the NPR video of Dana White: youtu.be/3ZnpJoANb8I?si…

Dana White made the UFC into something bigger than a sport - and on June 14 his friend President Trump will host a UFC event at the White House. He spoke about this on NPR’s Newsmakers.