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The life of a first lady, as told by tabloid newspapers, is a strange and dramatic one, spelled out in screeching fonts and accompanied by doctored photographs.

If the papers that line supermarket aisles are to be believed, previous first ladies have: adopted a space-alien baby; attacked the president and left “claw marks” on his cheek; sneaked out of the White House at night for trysts with a secret-agent boyfriend. Gained 95 pounds. Had liposuction. Carried on an affair with an alien named P’Lod.

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But there’s one thing that no first lady – until Melania Trump – has done in response to wildly negative and untruthful stories: sued a publication.

Trump has won settlements against three outlets for “false statements” made during her husband’s time in the White House. Her litigious strategy tracks with her willingness to push back on her critics by issuing harsh public statements.

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This weekend, the British paper the Telegraph apologized and agreed to pay “substantial damages” after retracting a story that claimed, among other unflattering things, the former model’s career had been struggling until she met Donald Trump.