U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Joint Base Andrews, Md. Photo by AP Photo/Evan Vucci

United States President Donald Trump filed a US$15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times , accusing the paper of serving as a “mouthpiece” for the Democrats and pitting himself against one of the oldest and most prominent news organizations in the world.

In the lawsuit, Trump criticized the Times’ “deranged” endorsement of former presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, saying it was featured prominently on the paper’s front page and included a “hyperbolic” opening line that it’s “hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump

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