The latest case tied to false claims made on cable news about the 2020 U.S. presidential election is headed to trial. On Thursday, jury selection began in a defamation case brought against the right-wing news channel Newsmax by Smartmatic, an electi

Smartmatic on Thursday settled its defamation lawsuit against Newsmax, the right-wing cable news channel that had spread false claims of election fraud, the companies said. The details of the settlement, reached as the jury was being selected before