Trump Takes CNN to Supreme Court | US News

US News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 22, 2026 · 1m

Former President Trump is taking his $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN to the Supreme Court, arguing that CNN’s repeated use of “Big Lie” to describe his 2020 election claims was an intentional smear linking him to Hitler and Nazi propaganda. After federal and appeals courts dismissed the case—calling the phrase opinion, not fact—Trump’s team is pushing back with a new legal argument rooted in a 1990 Supreme Court precedent. They claim CNN deliberately weaponized the term to damage his reputation, even citing internal tensions at CNN over the label. The petition was filed, with…