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Last month the House Oversight Committee released records from Epstein's estate that included a copy of a birthday book with the alleged letter from Trump that the newspaper had described. Trump, who filed suit against the Journal in July, has continued to argue the letter is fake and that the signature on the letter is not his.
Attorney General Pam Bondi helped defend him during his 2020 impeachment trial, while Lindsey Halligan, who Trump appointed as an interim U.S. Attorney to prosecute former FBI director James Comey, was part of his defense team in the classified documents case.
Trump’s lawsuit challenges The Wall Street Journal’s reporting standards and tests the limits of press freedom.
A federal judge had previously dismissed the complaint as unnecessarily lengthy and digressive. The president claims that The Times sought to defame him during the 2024 election.
The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain federal repayment plans following a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers.
The amended filing renews Trump’s claims that the paper and its reporters defamed him in coverage of his business career and his reality TV years.
Lawyers for President Donald Trump refiled a defamation lawsuit Thursday against the New York Times, with a complaint that is less than half as long as the previous one — after a judge spiked the president’s initial lawsuit for being “tedious and burdensome.
The ACLU of Northern California and several groups supporting academic freedom and free speech have filed an amicus brief backing a First Amendment challenge against senior federal officials for using the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny visas and deport foreign nationals for speaking out against Israel or in favor of Palestine.
As the president files yet another lawsuit against a major news organization, consider what’s driving this unprecedented campaign.
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Ex-Amazon driver sues civil rights agency for dropping her case following Trump’s executive order
The EEOC’s decision came in response to an executive order in April directing federal agencies to deprioritize the use of disparate impact liability. The Trump administration argues that disparate impact assumes any racial or gender imbalance in workplaces is the result of discrimination and leads to practices that undermine meritocracy.