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Trump celebrates turning 80 with a UFC cage-fighting event while big issues loom over his presidency

By  WILL WEISSERT Updated 12:20 PM EDT, June 14, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marks turning 80 on Sunday with a birthday celebration that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House. This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza, where combatants sealed inside a wire-mesh octagon try to…