E. Jean Carroll Takes the Witness Stand in Trump Defamation Trial

Donald Trump returned to a federal courtroom in New York on Wednesday for the second day of a defamation trial that began with longtime journalist E. Jean Carroll taking the witness stand. Trump, the former president who won the 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday evening, attended jury selection in the trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan Tuesday morning — but left before attorneys for both parties delivered opening statements to the nine-person panel in the afternoon. Before testimony began Wednesday, a box of tissues was positioned on the...