Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Wall Street Journal and its billionaire owner Rupert Murdoch want to settle the U.S. president's defamation lawsuit against the newspaper. On July 18, Trump sued the Journal and its owners,

Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, is U.S. District Court in southern Florida on July 18 for its story reporting on the Republican president’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and alleged child sex trafficker who died in a New York jail in 2019 before trial.

President Donald Trump has demanded Rupert Murdoch respond to his defamation lawsuit within 15 days because he is 94 years old and has a range of health issues.