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  A US judge has thrown out President Donald Trump's $10bn (£7.4bn) lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, ruling the suit was "grasping at straws". Trump had sued the media outlet's parent company Dow Jones and its leader Rupert Murdoch last year after it reported on a letter allegedly written by Trump to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of a birthday book in 2003, before Epstein was charged with sex crimes. Trump has denied writing or signing the letter, which included suggestive language and a drawing of the outline of a woman's body. Judge Darrin Gayles threw out the case, finding the suit runs counter to the First Amendment, which protects freedom of the press. Gayles had already once dismissed the defamation lawsuit, which sought $20 billion in damages. Trump's team refiled the suit seeking $10 billion, and this time, the judge threw out the case "with prejudice," meaning the suit cannot be filed again. The news ou...

  U.S. President Donald Trump listens at a campaign rally at the Ocean Center, in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Friday. Trump's $10-billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch was dismissed on Saturday. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press) Saying the president was "grasping at straws," a U.S. federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump's $10-billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice as required by law. The ruling said the lawsuit had attempted to "manufacture" flaws in the Journal's investigative reporting. When a case is thrown out "with prejudice," it cannot be refiled again and the dismissal is permanent and incontroverti...

  WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal story tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s 2003 birthday album has been thrown out by a federal judge in Miami. LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 03: Members of the public pass by the latest in a series of posters highlighting US President Donald Trump's relationship with dead sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, on September 03, 2025 in London, England, ahead of Trump's state visit planned for later this month. The protest group that calls itself 'Everyone Hates Elon' has gained notoriety by employing guerrilla tactics to install satirical 'ads' at bus stops across London and other venues that target political figures, with an initial focus on Elon Musk during his time in the Trump administration. Last month they orchestrated the installation of a viral meme depicting a distorted image of JD Vance on a poster in the Cotswolds, during the US Vice President's UK holiday. (Pho...