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Political analysts and observers were floored on Sunday after reports indicated that President Donald Trump's signature birthday bash faced a "chaotic" risk that could prevent the event from going forward.

The Weather Channel reported on Sunday that Trump's "UFC Freedom 250" event on the South Lawn of the White House could be delayed or canceled because of "chaotic" weather. There is "a 60% chance of thunderstorms, heavy downpours, and wind gusts up to 34 mph threatening to delay the outdoor fights," according to the report.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller launched into a tirade Sunday over wind turbines, which he described as “monstrous” and a “visual assault on God’s creation.”

A social media user on X published a photograph Saturday that showed several wind turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach. The image apparently upset Miller, who on Sunday, responding to the post, voiced his preference for fossil fuels as an energy source.

President Donald Trump received praise from his own Homeland Security (DHS) secretary on Sunday for apparently not taking the day off on his 80th birthday, which comes as the White House scrambles to seal an interim agreement with Iran to end the president’s deeply unpopular war.

Markwayne Mullin, who replaced Kristi Noem as DHS secretary, appeared on Fox News Sunday and was asked about security at the president’s White House birthday blowout, which included a motorcycle stunt performance and, later, an unprecedented Ultimate Fighting Championship event.

A grim weather forecast for President Donald Trump's UFC spectacle on the White House South Lawn has handed his critics a gift, and they are not letting it go to waste.

After The Weather Channel warned that UFC Freedom 250 could be hammered on Sunday by thunderstorms, 34 mph wind gusts, a triple-digit heat index and "massive swarms of mosquitos and gnats," a parade of notable figures lined up to revel in the chaos on Trump's 80th birthday.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical reason, his spokesperson confirmed on Sunday, NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reported.

“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” said McConnell's spokesperson David Popp, according to Tsirkin.

Mark Levin, one of President Donald Trump's most reliable media defenders and a leading hawk on the Iran war, is breaking with the president over the peace deal Trump is racing to sign — demanding to actually see the agreement before it's locked in.

In a post on X on Sunday, the conservative radio host pressed for transparency on the memorandum of understanding the administration says it will sign with Iran. Levin asked whether the MOU "has... been released so we can actually read it," answering his own question with a pointed "Why not?" Briefing "selected reporters" through a "senior official" on the deal's "broad outlines," he argued, "is not enough."

President Donald Trump's UFC spectacle on the White House South Lawn may have to contend with one thing his administration can't bully into submission: mosquitos.

According to a forecast from The Weather Channel, UFC Freedom 250 is walking into a near-biblical mess on Sunday. Forecasters put the chance of thunderstorms at 60 percent, with heavy downpours and wind gusts reaching up to 34 mph that could delay the outdoor bouts entirely.

Noah Kai Newkirk, a prominent activist and Democratic congressional candidate from Arizona, filed an official complaint with the state’s attorney general recently alleging that the state of Israel had interfered in the Arizona Democratic primary election using artificial intelligence (AI).

“Just dropped off an official complaint with Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office about the state of Israel’s election interference in our primary election,” Newkirk said in a video he published on social media.

President Donald Trump expressed outrage Sunday in a purported phone call with Axios’ Barak Ravid over Israel’s latest act of defiance, one that risks jeopardizing his long-sought peace deal with Iran that he’s shown a “strange insistence” for finalizing on Sunday, his 80th birthday.

On Saturday, Trump said that a peace deal between Washington and Tehran was scheduled to be signed on Sunday – a statement that also included what many interpreted to be a threat to use nuclear weapons. On Sunday morning, however, Israel launched airstrikes at Lebanon – killing at least three and injuring 16 – a violation of Iran’s conditions for signing any peace agreement with the United States.

A new national NBC News poll published Sunday spelled trouble for Republicans as the midterm elections approach, with one GOP pollster who helped conduct the survey reacting to the news with concern.

“These are rocky numbers for Republicans,” said Republican pollster Bill McInturff with Public Opinion Strategies, speaking with NBC News, noting that while the numbers boded poorly for the GOP, they were “not catastrophic.”