Axios reported that a federal judge on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Trump against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the newspaper's reporting on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier. The Axios report was published on October 31, 2026, and lists Ben Berkowitz as its author.
According to Axios, the ruling is the second time this year that courts have blocked Trump's efforts to sue the paper over stories about his relationship with Epstein. The Axios summary describes this as "the second time this year courts have blocked" such efforts, and it does not detail the earlier rulings.
Axios did not name the judge or the court in its summary, and it did not describe the judge's reasoning. The summary also does not say whether Trump or the newspaper has commented on the decision. This account relies on that single Axios summary.
Axios labeled the story as developing. Its summary presents the lawsuit as one of two court decisions this year on Trump's efforts to sue the paper over its Epstein coverage, and it provides no further detail on those efforts.
The Axios item states that the paper's reporting concerned Trump's ties to Epstein and that the lawsuit named both the Journal and Murdoch as defendants. The summary does not describe the content of the reporting itself, the damages sought, or the timing of any appeal.
Sources: Axios: Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over Epstein story.