Construction has begun on a giant, temporary fighting ring on the White House grounds. President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that construction would soon start on an open-air mixed martial arts venue for a UFC fight, which is ostensibly to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. on July 4, but conveniently will be held on his 80th birthday on June 14. Cranes and crisscrossing arches taller than the White House now stand on the South Lawn with an American flag pattern coverin...

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