US President Donald Trump on Friday (July 18, 2025), while attacking the Wall Street Journal and its owners, filed a defamation suit of $ 10 billion (about Rs 83,000 crore). The lawsuit has been filed in the federal court in Florida, in which Trump has made two journalists from News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones Company and Wall Street Journal.

Trump alleges that the Wall Street Journal deliberately published a false and objectionable report, claiming that in 2003 he sent a message to the notorious investor Jeffrey Epstein on his birthday. This message mentioned a pornographic picture and “their shared secrets”. Trump has described this report as baseless, false and character abusing.

Donald Trump made this big claim

The US President said that this report was published with the objective of harming his reputation and political career. Trump claims that this false news has caused him serious economic and social damage. He wrote in his response on Truth Social, “I am waiting for Rupert Murdoch to put it in the dock in the court. His garbage heap newspaper, Wall Street Journal, will now be accountable. This lawsuit is going to be a historic experience.”

Trump has long been accusing the mainstream media of biased reporting. Now he has dragged Murdoch directly into court. At the same time, there has been no official response to this case from Dow Jones, News Corp and Murdoch.

Trump had warned publicly earlier

Significantly, Dow Jones is the owner of the Wall Street Journal and is a subsidiary of the news corp. Trump had also publicly warned that if false reporting did not stop, he would take legal action against Murdoch.

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India US Trade Deal: The trade deal between India and America has been under discussion for a long time. Now this interim trade agreement can be finalized. According to a report, the trade deal can be finalized in 48 hours. Negotiations are going on between Delhi and Washington DC about this. India’s trade team is currently in Washington. She was about to return to India, but now it will stay here for a few more days, so that the deal can be finalized.

According to a report by NDTV, India and the US had fixed the date till 9 July to finalize the trade deal, but before that there could be a small trade agreement in the next 48 hours. During this time, America can also consider tariffs. It has also been learned that both countries are adamant about their talk on many issues. America demands that India opened its market for gentiically modified crops.

What is the demand regarding the trade agreement of America and India

America is making many types of demands from India regarding trade deal. According to the report, he wants to increase his interference in India’s dairy region and agriculture. Second India is pressurizing the concession in tariffs with goods like shoes, clothes and leather. In this way, both countries are currently paying more attention to their issues.

If the matter is not made on the tariff, then there can be a problem in the trade deal

India’s biggest issue is the tariff rule of America. At present, India is not ready to sign an agreement in which the problem related to tariff is not resolved. Experts believe that it is difficult to meet the target of carrying US $ 500 billion to US $ 500 billion by 2030 by 2030 without tariff cuts on high-import goods.