Skip to content

Live TV Markets Finance Economics Industries Tech Real Estate Small Business Politics Video

Top SecuritiesDOW (DIA) $517.13 ▼1.07%S&P 500 (SPY) $755.72 ▼1.77%NASDAQ 25,437 ▼2.86%10Y 4.94% ▼4 bp BITCOIN $77,491 ▼0.05%NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) $690.49 ▼3.47%30Y MORTGAGE 7.24% ▼0.08

Saturday, October 31, 2026 Edition · Raleigh 57° Mostly Cloudy Watch Live Sign in Subscribe

GENIUS EYEGET NewsA service of The GET Network, Inc.

Markets

DOW (DIA) $517.13 -1.07%S&P 500 (SPY) $755.72 -1.77%NASDAQ 25,437 -2.86%10Y 4.94% -4 bpBITCOIN $77,491 -0.05%NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) $690.49 -3.47%30Y MORTGAGE 7.24% -0.08Voters to decide state Supreme Court seats in 24 states next Tuesday Democrats contest midterm race in Kentucky Trump stronghold San Diego nonprofit gets $30K grant to provide medical care for pets of unhoused residents Newsom warns federal judges about potential election interference in California 320,000 protest across France over living costs with some clashes in cities Over 100 arrested at protest against Palestine Action ban outside US embassy in London Mike Rogers claims 7% lead on early ballots in Michigan Senate race Alaska urges judge to dismiss Trump-led lawsuit challenging Senate race ballotsDOW (DIA) $517.13 -1.07%S&P 500 (SPY) $755.72 -1.77%NASDAQ 25,437 -2.86%10Y 4.94% -4 bpBITCOIN $77,491 -0.05%NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) $690.49 -3.47%30Y MORTGAGE 7.24% -0.08Voters to decide state Supreme Court seats in 24 states next Tuesday Democrats contest midterm race in Kentucky Trump stronghold San Diego nonprofit gets $30K grant to provide medical care for pets of unhoused residents Newsom warns federal judges about potential election interference in California 320,000 protest across France over living costs with some clashes in cities Over 100 arrested at protest against Palestine Action ban outside US embassy in London Mike Rogers claims 7% lead on early ballots in Michigan Senate race Alaska urges judge to dismiss Trump-led lawsuit challenging Senate race ballots

National

Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit against Wall Street Journal

A federal judge in Florida dismissed President Trump's revised defamation suit over a story about a birthday card linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

Oct 31, 2026, 7:24 PM By the Genius Eye newsroom (National Reporter) · Fact-checkedHow we report

Michael Rivera / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a revised $10 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The Wall Street Journal, NBC News reported.

The suit concerned a Wall Street Journal story about a birthday card Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein more than 20 years ago. The card was part of a birthday book assembled for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003.

U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles found that Trump's amended complaint did not meet the legal standard to prove the newspaper published the story with actual malice, which is required in defamation cases involving public figures.

The judge noted that since this was Trump's second attempt to make such allegations and both attempts failed to plausibly allege actual malice, dismissal with prejudice was appropriate.

Trump initially sued the newspaper shortly after the story was published, which described a card featuring a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman and a note attributed to Trump.

The dismissal means that Trump cannot refile the same claims against The Wall Street Journal regarding this story.

Share:Facebook X Threads LinkedIn WhatsApp Text Email Copy link (Instagram, TikTok)

Sources

We read public reporting and official data, confirm what we can, and write our own story. See something wrong? Request a correction.

Comments

No comments yet.

Sign in to comment