Trump denied delay in civil rape trial by judge.

A federal judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request for a four-week delay in the civil rape and defamation trial against him, which is scheduled to start on April 25. Trump's lawyer argued that his client should be allowed a "cooling off" period after his recent indictment by a Manhattan grand jury, but the judge rejected the request, stating that there is no justification for an adjournment. The lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll alleges that Trump raped her at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, which Trump has repeatedly denied.