Former US President Donald Trump plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate his US$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN. The case involves CNN's use of the term 'Big Lie' in reporting on his claims of election fraud.

US President Donald Trump told the US Supreme Court he intends to ask the justices to revive his US$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN over use of the term “Big Lie” in reporting on his claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court for a 60-day extension to August 15 to file his petition for review of the lower court’s dismissal of the case, according to a request that was formally docketed by the justices on Friday. The filing, the first...