Trump's request for delay in defamation and assault trial denied by judge.

A federal judge denied former President Donald Trump's request for a one-month delay in the trial for the defamation and battery case brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle columnist who accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s. Trump argued that a "cooling off" period was necessary following intense media coverage of his criminal indictment in Manhattan last month. The judge ruled that there was no justification for an adjournment and that the case was entirely unrelated to the state prosecution.