President Donald Trump’s threatened $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC over an edited broadcast of his January 6, 2021, speech would confront formidable legal obstacles, according to Mark Stephens CBE, a leading international media lawyer. In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Stephens said Trump’s claim “isn’t the legal hill to die on—it might just as…
President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to let his defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal move forward, arguing that the newspaper’s coverage of an alleged 2003 letter linking him to Jeffrey Epstein was “deliberate and malicious.” Newsweek contacted attorneys for Trump and the WSJ via email for comment outside of normal office…
A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to disclose the security clearances held by Elon Musk during his brief tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), intensifying scrutiny of the billionaire’s unusual role at the center of U.S. national-security operations. The ruling follows earlier calls from Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)…
President Donald Trump will meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, just one day before the federal government faces a potential shutdown. The Oval Office meeting will include House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, according…