SCOTUS leaves Carroll verdict intact, Trump rails on Truth Social

The Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump's appeal of the civil verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, leaving a $5 million civil judgment in place and noting Carroll's $83 million defamation award from a separate ruling. Trump blasted the decision on Truth Social and vowed to continue fighting as his lawyers pursue appeals. Separately, the Court issued a 5-4 ruling allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted, a decision Trump criticized as part of broader voting-law battles and related to efforts like the SAVE America Act.