Politics · Published November 1, 2026 at 11:18 AM CST · Updated November 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM CST

Judge Dismisses Trump's $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal, With Prejudice

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What's new

New reporting adds a statement attributed to Trump that he plans to continue pursuing the matter, along with further explanation of the court's legal reasoning on actual malice.

This story is developing. The page was updated November 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM CST as new reports came in.

What everyone agrees on

A federal judge dismissed President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch.
The lawsuit concerned a Wall Street Journal article about a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
The lawsuit sought $10 billion in damages.
The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.
This was the second time the judge dismissed this lawsuit.

Each fact above was reported by outlets on the left, center and right.

How each side framed it

Left-leaning outlets · 9

Left-leaning outlets highlighted the judge's description of Trump's case as 'grasping at straws' and noted the dismissal follows a pattern of adversarial relations between the administration and news organizations.

Center-leaning outlets · 7

Center-leaning outlets focused on the legal basis for dismissal, explaining that the judge found Trump had not shown the paper acted with actual malice or published information it knew was likely false.

Right-leaning outlets · 3

Right-leaning outlets reported the dismissal and included a statement attributed to Trump saying he would continue to press forward.

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