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Feedback Sunday, Jun 4th 2017 8PM 57°F +99 11PM 49°F 5-Day Forecast NEW Top ARTICLES Share Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Columnists Latest Headlines News World News Arts Headlines Pictures Most read Wires Login Reince Priebus insists Trump still Site Enter your Web wants the power to sue news outlets – and says changing libel laws 'is something that we've looked at' White House chief of staff says a looser libel lawsuit standard is something that has been discussed inside the administration But he hedged on 'how that gets executed, or whether that goes anywhere' Trump �irst raised the idea of taking the NY Times and The Washington Post to court in a February 2016 campaign rally, pledging to 'sue them and win money' Most libel laws are written and enforced at the state level, however The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a free press, and a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court ruling sets a very high bar for proving news libel Like At Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner, comic Hasan Minhaj said Daily Mail Trump had boycotted the event because he 'doesn't care about free speech' Follow @DailyMail By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Follow PUBLISHED: 12:11 EDT, 30 April 2017 | UPDATED: 16:55 EDT, 30 April 2017 Daily Mail +1 137 441 shares View comments Daily Mail FEMAIL TODAY White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on Sunday that loosening America's libel laws to allow the president to sue news outlets over un�lattering coverage 'is PICTURE something that is being looked at.' EXCLUSIVE: Such a change would require a constitutional amendment. Bradley Cooper is But Priebus insisted on ABC's 'This Week' program that it's been a topic of discussion seen inside the Trump administration. cradling his 1 of 96 06/04/2017 06:44 PM Reince Priebus says Trump wants power to sue n... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4460506/... 'How that gets executed, or whether that goes anywhere, is a different story,' he newborn said. daughter +99 NEW Top SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Lea De ARTICLES Seine during stroll with Share Irina Shayk in LA Young family Bella Hadid slips her impressively slim figure into racy cut-out swimsuit as +5 she smoulders in White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday that the idea of loosening the another high standards for suing news outlets for libel 'is something that we've looked at' profile sports campaign Miley Cyrus praises 'role model' Ariana Grande as she puts on a leggy performance at inspiring One Love +5 fundraiser Priebus's idea, �irst �loated by President Trump during a 2016 campaign rally, would Touching require a constitutional amendment words 'But when you have articles out there that have no basis or fact, and we're sitting 'I misjudged here on 24/7 cable companies writing stories about constant contacts with Russia you': Piers and all these other matters that have no basis at all ... newspapers and news agencies need to be more responsible with how they report the news.' Morgan apologizes The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of the press. to And a landmark 1964 Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, held that 'admirable' journalists and newspapers can't be sued for libel or defamation unless they act Ariana recklessly by publishing something they know is false. Grande and praises her Priebus's comments came on the heels of Saturday night's annual White House Correspondents Dinner, where comedian Hasan Minhaj roasted the president for after showing press freedoms the back of his hand. criticizing her for 2 of 96 06/04/2017 06:44 PM Reince Priebus says Trump wants power to sue n... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4460506/... Even the president is not beyond the reach of the First Amendment,' Minaj told a jetting home packed hotel ballroom in Washington, D.C. following +99 NEW Top 'But the president didn’t show up because Donald Trump doesn't care about free Manchester ARTICLES speech. 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Justin Bieber is brought to tears as emotional One Love w A Manchester f A d 0:00 / 2:06 j n h m k i g t gig cracks his tough Setting aside the constitutional challenges, changing libel standards in a meaningful exterior way at the federal level would be dif�icult because most of the laws are written and enforced at the state level. onstage Touching But there's been no sign that Trump will back off from the pressure he continually scenes puts on what he calls 'fake news' from older, established media outlets including the Times, the Post, MSNBC and CNN.