September 2025

President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the New York Times and several of its reporters, accusing the newspaper of libeling him in several articles in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election. In a Truth Social post, President Trump described the 174-year-old newspaper as “one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the History of our Country.” “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW!” he wrote

As the only ecosystem-based organization focused on ensuring that low-income Americans have sustainable, affordable access to essential communications services, NaLA has submitted comments to the recently re-launched bipartisan, bicameral Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. Because NaLA’s members have extensive experience offering affordable communications services to low-income households through their participation in the Lifeline program, NaLA has focused its comments almost exclusively on the USF’s Lifeline program.