The Daily Fuckup

Donald Trump has a new Supreme Court filing deadline in his case against CNN. The Court’s public docket in No. 25A1357 shows that Trump first received a 30-day extension, then filed a further request on July 1, 2026, and then got the second extension on July 10, 2026, when Justice Clarence Thomas granted the application and moved the certiorari deadline to August 14, 2026.

The application itself said Trump was seeking more time under Rule 13.5 and identified the Eleventh Circuit’s March 17, 2026 order denying rehearing en banc as the judgment he intended to challenge. It also noted that the underlying Eleventh Circuit decision came after Trump’s defamation suit against CNN was dismissed in the district court and that the appeal was from case No. 23-14044.

The docket does not say anything about the merits of a future petition, and the order does not signal how the Supreme Court may ultimately treat the case. What it does show, plainly, is that the filing clock was moved again: from the prior July 15 deadline to August 14. That gives Trump until then to ask the justices to review the Eleventh Circuit case.