Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick, UFC’s Dana White Team Up for Freedom 250 and Give Meta AI Glasses to 130,000 Blind Veterans

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Fight night energy came to Washington early! Dina Powell McCormick, president and vice chair of Meta; Dana White, president and CEO of UFC; and Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, hosted a Freedom 250 reception ahead of this weekend’s UFC fight on the Ned’s Club rooftop Friday night with special guest Ivanka Trump. The evening celebrated “our nation’s heroes” and Meta announced it will give 130,000 AI glasses to blind veterans.

Guests included Jared and Arabelle Kushner, Kai Trump, Doug Burgum, Todd Blanche, James Blair, Karoline Leavitt, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Keith Sonderling, Reps. Zach Nunn and Brian Jack, Chris Klomp, Stanley Woodward, Will Scharf, Alex Flemister, Ethan Klein, Ryan Baasch, Seval Oz, Kellyanne Conway, Reince Priebus, Karen Sessions, UK. Amb. Christian Turner, Terry McAuliffe, Adrienne Elrod, UFC fighters Kayla Harrison and Merab Dvalishvili, MacKenzie Dern, the NELK Boys, Josh Holmes, John Ashbrook, Michael Duncan, “Comfortably Smug,” Isabel Brown, Franco Nuschese, Michael Petricone, Tony Sayegh, Teresa Carlson and Maryam Mujica. Media guests included Mike Allen, Shawn McCreesh, Shannon Bream, Pamela Brown, Ed Luce, Robert Costa, Meridith McGraw, Jonathan Karl, Josh Dawsey, Jim VandeHei, Liz Gough, Aidan McLaughlin, Sara Fischer, Cathy Merrill, and Daniel Lippman.

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 12: (L-R) Don Overton and Ivanka Trump speak onstage during the UFC Freedom 250 celebration hosted by Meta and UFC at Ned’s Club Washington DC on June 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Meta and UFC)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 12: (L-R) Joel Kaplan, Laura Cox Kaplan, Shannon Bream and Dina Powell McCormick attend the UFC Freedom 250 celebration hosted by Meta and UFC at Ned’s Club Washington DC on June 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Meta and UFC)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 12: (L-R) Mehmet Oz, Seval Oz and Merab Dvalishvili attend the UFC Freedom 250 celebration hosted by Meta and UFC at Ned’s Club Washington DC on June 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Meta and UFC)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 12: (L-R) Kellyanne Conway, Nicholas Riccio and Karoline Leavitt attend the UFC Freedom 250 celebration hosted by Meta and UFC at Ned’s Club Washington DC on June 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Meta and UFC)

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