Trump sued Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. for $10 billion over the Wall Street Journal's report that Trump allegedly sent a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday decades ago.

Fox News remains a reliable supporter of the president, but the mogul’s WSJ has taken on Trump, triggering a legal battle.

President Trump has compelled The Wall Street Journal’s 94-year-old owner Rupert Murdoch to submit health updates in exchange for dropping the expedited deposition demand in his $10 billion lawsuit against the paper.

Trump sued Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for libel after it published an article tying the president to a raunchy letter that was sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.

How do you woo a US president who is suing you for $US10 billion? Rupert Murdoch offered a masterclass in carrot, stick and artful deflection.

Per a joint agreement, Murdoch is due to provide health updates to Trump, who is suing him and others over a Jeffrey Epstein-related story in The Wall Street Journal.

A judge approved Rupert Murdoch’s agreement to give Donald Trump regular updates on his health as part of a deal to delay the media mogul’s deposition indefinitely in a $10 billion libel suit the president filed over a Wall Street Journal report tying him to the late Jeffrey Epstein.