In Truth Social post, US president denounces publication as ‘one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers’ in US; Vance and Miller announce crackdown on ‘far left’ groups
Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.
We start with news that Donald Trump has filed a $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times in his latest use of legal action targeting a major media outlet.
The US president accused it of being a “mouthpiece” for the Democratic party and of “spreading false and defamatory content” about him.
It comes after the New York Times said last week that it had been threatened with legal action by the White House, following articles about a crude birthday note given to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The note bears Trump’s signature, but the president has denied being its author.
