The FBI said it blocked a planned attack that targeted the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House on Sunday involving 23 people on a Signal chat.

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Court papers say law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend.

Five people were in custody, according to sources.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency learned of a \