Author: David Jackson, USA TODAY

Carroll sued Trump for defamation, saying he lied about a 1996 sexual assault in a New York City department store and disparaged her character.

Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll are asking a jury to find ex-President Donald Trump liable for a rape in 1996 and order him to pay millions in damages.

Long shot Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had 19% in the Fox News poll released Wednesday night, though far behind President Joe Biden at 62%.

“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me,” Carroll said during the first day of testimony in her defamation lawsuit against ex-president Donald Trump.

The lawsuit accuses Donald Trump of defamation, allegedly lying about and criticizing Carroll after she wrote about the alleged rape in a 2019 memoir.

The ads in early primary states are another signal that the Florida governor will soon announce plans for the 2024 presidential campaign.

The former president has been attacking DeSantis for months, and even urging him to not run at all – a suggestion DeSantis is likely to ignore.

DeSantis meets with potential supporters amid heightened criticism by Trump and others over issues like Social Security, abortion, and poll numbers.

Republicans promote gun rights at the NRA convention, which is being held within two weeks after mass shootings in Nashville and Louisville.