Live Eventsas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channelA federal judge on Friday threw out U.S. President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a "decidedly improper and impermissible" effort to attack his adversaries.U.S. "In a separate statement, a Times spokesperson said: "We welcome the judge's quick ruling, which recognized that the complaint was a political document rather than a serious legal filing. "A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations," the judge wrote. "Although lawyers receive a modicum of expressive latitude in pleading the claim of a client, the complaint in this action extends far beyond the outer bound of that latitude."

Source: The Times September 20, 2025 10:29 UTC