Judge permanently tosses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles dismissed President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over the outlet's reporting on a birthday letter Trump allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein.

Gayles issued the order granting the outlet's motion to dismiss with prejudice on Saturday, meaning Trump cannot refile another lawsuit over the same issue and cannot challenge the judge's decision. Gayles, the district judge in the Southern District of Florida, ruled that Trump did not convincingly argue that the outlet defamed him with actual malice in writing the story...