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A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building in New York on May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Sep 16, 2025

Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

President Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists.

E. Jean Carroll leaves Federal court Jan 26, 2024, in New York. A jury awarded an additional $83.3 million to Carroll, who says President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Sep 8, 2025

Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3M defamation judgment against Trump

A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury's decision requiring President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Rupert Murdoch arrives at the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on April 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Sep 5, 2025

Fox News thrives two years after court settlement, but 2020 election coverage fight goes on

Fox News seemed to be dealt a crippling blow in a $787 million settlement of a libel lawsuit more than two years ago, but has instead thrived.

Former President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York on May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
Aug 21, 2025

Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against Trump

A New York appeals court voided Donald Trump’s $515M civil fraud penalty, ruling it excessive under the Eighth Amendment.

A display shows a Newsmax logo on the day of their IPO on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Aug 18, 2025

Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about the 2020 election.

President Donald Trump arrives for an event to sign the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House on July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Jul 21, 2025

Trump sues WSJ, Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

President Donald Trump filed a $10B defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal, calling a Jeffrey Epstein story false and defamatory.

Natasha Dartigue
Jul 10, 2025

MD public defender moves to dismiss fired worker’s defamation suit

Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue and her office moved to dismiss the defamation suit filed by a former part-time OPD employee.

The CBS Broadcast Center is on 57th Street in New York City on April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Jul 2, 2025

Paramount to pay $16M in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ interview

Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the editing of an interview on CBS's “60 Minutes.”

In this combination of images, rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, California, left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series "Euphoria," in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP Photos/Chris Pizzello, File)
Jul 1, 2025

Slander or ‘trash-talking’? Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud has day in court

A federal judge is pondering the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which spurred a defamation lawsuit from Drake.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Jun 30, 2025

Judge rejects another Trump executive order targeting legal community

A federal judge on Friday struck down another of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting law firms.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2022. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)
Jun 18, 2025

Alex Jones accused of shielding assets as Sandy Hook families seek payment on $1B judgment

The trustee overseeing Infowars host Alex Jones' personal bankruptcy case is accusing him of trying to shield over $5 million from creditors.

Natasha Dartigue
Jun 9, 2025

Settlement conference canceled in defamation case against MD public defender

A settlement conference scheduled for this week in the defamation case against Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue has been canceled.