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  "id": 19237740,
  "title": "Trump Appears With Dana White After “Kidding” Over Press Secretary Role; POTUS Defends Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Calls Midterm Results “Ridiculous”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/trump-appears-with-dana-white-after-kidding-over-press-secretary-role",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T22:49:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/11/trump-dana-white-midterms-1237217738/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Donald Trump surprised reporters on Monday with an appearance in the White House briefing room along with UFC CEO Dana White, the source of much speculation after the president posted over the weekend that he had offered him the job of press secretary. Once again, Trump said that he was “sort of kidding,” but just […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Trump says he was 'only kidding' about naming UFC CEO as White House press secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/trump-says-he-was-only-kidding-about-naming-ufc-ceo-as-white-house",
        "published": "2026-11-09T08:58:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "UFC CEO Dana White Will Visit White House Today—After Trump Says He Was ‘Kidding’ With Press Secretary Offer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ufc-ceo-dana-white-will-visit-white-house-today-after-trump-says-he",
        "published": "2026-11-09T14:51:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "White House under lockdown as car crashes in secure area; Trump was inside residence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/white-house-under-lockdown-as-car-crashes-in-secure-area-trump-was",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:09:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trump says idea to make UFC's Dana White his press secretary 'just a little fun'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/trump-says-idea-to-make-ufcs-dana-white-his-press-secretary-just-a",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:25:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Top Takeaways From Trump's Wild White House Press Event With Dana White",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/top-takeaways-from-trumps-wild-white-house-press-event-with-dana-white",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:46:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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