Here’s what President Donald Trump would have to prove to win his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal.

By tapping into other grievances, President Trump managed to turn one of the most fractious moments for his base into a unifying one.

The Wall Street Journal's July 17, 2025, report alleging Trump's suggestive letter in Jeffrey Epstein's 2003 birthday album ignited a $10 billion libel lawsuit and intensified calls for Epstein file disclosures,

While many of last week’s headlines surrounded President Donald Trump’s handling of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case, it was a busy week elsewhere in the nation’s capital. • Growing pressure: The DOJ’s move followed days of turmoil and some rare criticism from President Donald Trump’s base over his administration’s chaotic handling of documents related to the disgraced financier.