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Trump to Speak in White House Rose Garden and Hold Policy Meeting Friday
President Donald Trump will speak in the White House Rose Garden on Friday at noon before a policy meeting and LIV Golf dinner. The schedule comes as federal authorities investigate the NFL's streaming deals following lobbying by Rupert Murdoch. Separately, irregular trades worth more than $7 billion preceded major U.S. announcements on the Iran war.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks in the White House Rose Garden on Friday at noon. The event is open to the White House press pool, according to the Washington Examiner.
Trump will participate in a policy meeting later Friday afternoon. He will then travel to his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, for a LIV Golf dinner before returning to the White House.
According to Semafor, traders placed bets totalling more than $7 billion right before major US announcements relating to the Iran war. The article reported that the irregular trades occurred ahead of those announcements and have prompted accusations of rampant corruption in Washington.
It added that the “highly unusual” trades have added to calls for regulators to step up their scrutiny of senior US government officials, including President Donald Trump. The Semafor report did not name the specific traders or provide evidence tying any bets directly to government officials.
Rupert Murdoch personally lobbied Donald Trump at a White House dinner in February 2025 about NFL media deals, Business Insider reported. Murdoch warned Trump that if the NFL continued to sell more games to streamers it could damage broadcast networks like Fox.
The Federal Communications Commission opened an inquiry into sports rights moving from broadcast TV to streaming after Murdoch's lobbying. Sen. Mike Lee urged the Justice Department to examine the NFL. The Department of Justice is investigating the NFL's media deals.
In 2025, 83 of the top 100 programs were NFL games, up from 72 of the top 100 programs in 2024. The NFL told the FCC that ratings for NFL games dwarfed anything else on broadcast TV. The NFL is reportedly close to a new deal with Netflix, which already shows NFL games on Christmas.
