Trump says the Times is next. He has not shown an amended complaint.

President Trump said he will add the New York Times's Iran-war coverage to the $15 billion defamation case he already has against the paper. That is a threat on Truth Social. This desk has not seen an amended complaint.

He followed that with the legal line: he will add “all of their false and ridiculous reporting” to the suit, and called the paper “Criminals.” The trigger was a Sunday Times analysis by Neil MacFarquhar, headlined as asking what had changed after almost four months of war. The piece said neither the war nor the interim agreement ended what U.S. and Israeli officials treat as Iran's main threats, including the nuclear program, missiles, the regime, and proxies.

Nicole Taylor, a Times spokeswoman, pointed Fox to the paper's October statement on the same lawsuit: “This lawsuit has no merit. Nothing has changed today. This is merely an attempt to stifle independent reporting and generate PR attention, but The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.” She added that the Iran coverage is reporting from the region and Washington, including civilian deaths and wrecked infrastructure, and that it is First Amendment work.

Trump's own earlier post said Iran's military, navy, and air force were gone or nearly gone, and that the Strait of Hormuz was open. The White House calls the memorandum of understanding a breakthrough after Operation Epic Fury. Vice President JD Vance, after talks in Switzerland, said negotiators had a mechanism for Hormuz, an Iranian invite for IAEA inspectors, and more technical talks ahead. Those are administration claims. The Times analysis is a counter-claim. A Truth Social post is not a docket stamp.