Trump's request for delay in defamation and rape trials denied by judge.

A federal judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request to delay an assault and defamation trial set to begin next week in New York. The trial involves E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit alleging that Trump raped her in a New York dressing room in the mid-1990s and then defamed her years later when he denied it took place. Jury selection begins next Tuesday, and the judge ruled that any potential bias would be rooted out during the selection process. The judge also rejected other requests to delay the trial and to make the identities of the jurors known.