- A federal judge dismissed Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal.

A federal district court judge in the United States on the 13th dismissed President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal. Federal District Court Judge Darrin Gayles in the Southern District of Florida made the ruling that Trump's accusations did not meet the "actual malice" standard that public figures must satisfy in defamation lawsuits. In the lawsuit filed in July 2025, Trump and his lawyers accused The Wall Street Journal of publishing false reports about the "Trump to Epstein letter," damaging his reputation. The newspaper had previously reported that Trump wrote a letter to American businessman Epstein in 2003 congratulating him on his 50th birthday, which included a lewd sketch and mentioned a "secret" shared between the two. A spokesperson for Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, expressed relief at the judge's dismissal of the lawsuit. A spokesperson for Trump's legal team said that Trump would file the lawsuit again in response to this ruling.