Trump sues New York Times for $15 billion, alleging defamation

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President Donald Trump is suing the New York Times for $15 billion, claiming the publication defamed him. 

He called the New York Times a “full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic Party” and pinpointed several pieces leading up to the 2024 presidential election that he said were written to cause the president “reputational and economic harm.” Trump’s lawyers filed the defamation lawsuit on his behalf in the Middle District of Florida late Monday night. 

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