A federal judge struck President Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times Friday after deeming the original complaint was "decidedly improper and impermissible" for being unnecessarily long.

Why it matters: The development marks an inauspicious start for the president's lawsuit against the Times. • Trump legal team has 28 days to refile the case, though the judge specified an amended filing "must not exceed forty pages." • Judge Steven Merryday noted the order doesn't make any determination on the truth or validity of the allegations.

Driving the news: Merryday noted that while the complaint only contains two counts of defamation, it "consumes eighty-five pages." • "Even assuming that each allegation in the complaint is true ... a complaint remains an improper and imp

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