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Why is Donald Trump back in court against E Jean Carroll?
Donald Trump was back in court in New York on Monday for the resumption of his E Jean Carroll defamation trial, and while he was expected to testify, proceedings were called to a halt over concerns about exposure to Covid-19 in both the jury and the defence team.
Mr Trump’s attorney Alina Habba asked for the court to resume on Wednesday, one day after the New Hampshire presidential primary election, a request that Ms Carroll’s attorneys have opposed.
Ms Habba reported to the judge that she was not feeling well and was not wearing a face covering while seated next to her client. A juror also reported feeling hot and nauseous.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed to postpone the hearing until Wednesday morning.
The jury is considering how much additional compensation the defendant must pay after being found liable last year for sexually assaulting her client.
They will weigh whether Mr Trump owes further damages to the retired magazine columnist after a previous trial ended with her being awarded $5m when it was ruled he had abused her in a department store dressing room in 1996.
Republican candidates for president landed in New Hampshire last week after the bitterly cold Iowa caucuses ended in a landslide victory for Donald Trump early on Monday evening.
Mr Trump now only has one remaining rival in former UN ambassador Nikki Haley after Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced he was suspending his campaign on Sunday afternoon, some 36 hours before the New Hampshire primary, saying current polling suggested he had “no clear path to victory”.
That leaves the Granite State looking at a Trump-Haley showdown, with New Hampshire voting in a “semi-open” primary style that allows its sizable population of independent voters to participate in the respective major party primaries.
This is a second chance for Ms Haley to prove that the entire exercise isn’t just one long, drawn-out coronation. That was certainly the vibe in Iowa, where Mr Trump ran away with 51 per cent of the vote and the lion’s share of Republican delegates as his opponents battled to break 20 per cent.
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The writer E Jean Carroll’s civil defamation trial against Donald Trump has been adjourned until Wednesday, an official in Manhattan federal court said on Monday.
No trial had been held on Monday, after one juror became ill and one of Trump’s lawyers said she had been exposed to Covid-19.
Donald Trump is well-known for a lot of things: his divisiveness, his career in real estate, The Apprentice, his lawsuits, for being the only president to be impeached twice. But perhaps nothing has infiltrated society more than Mr Trump’s unique linguistic style.
Whether he’s posting on Truth Social, speaking at a campaign rally, or testifying in court, Mr Trump never seems to be at a loss for words — and sometimes, he even makes up new ones.
From uttering gaffes to tweeting typos (like “covfefe”) to misreading words (like “Nambia”) to dismissing his opponent with a harsh nickname, his terminology quickly turns iconic.
Here, The Independent offers a dictionary guide to the Mr Trump’s most memorable phrases:
Trump’s gaffes, typos, and infamous phrases have become a staple of US politics. Kelly Rissman explains what (we think) his most iconic phrases mean

A divided US Supreme Court has issued an order that will allow the US Border Patrol to resume the removal of razor wire and other barriers which Texas state authorities erected to prevent migrants from entering the United States while a lawsuit between the Department of Homeland Security and the Lone Star State continues before lower courts.
The one-page order, which was approved by Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonya Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, lifts an injunction imposed by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which barred federal authorities from removing the dangerous obstacles.
Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC:
The order allows the US Border Patrol to resume dismantling obstacles erected by Texas authorities along the US-Mexico border
Trump has taken credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade, but he has balked at laws like Florida’s ban on abortions after six weeks, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, another Republican candidate who dropped out of the race over the weekend.
“You have to win elections,” Trump said during a recent Fox News town hall.
Vice presidents are rarely decisive figures in reelection campaigns. However, Harris has faced additional scrutiny because of Biden’s age — he would be 82 at the start of a second term — and her status as the first woman, Black person and person of South Asian descent to serve in her position.
Abortion has reshaped Harris’ tenure as vice president after earlier struggles when dealing with intractable issues like migration from Central America.
Jamal Simmons, a former communications director for Harris, said abortion “focused her attention and her office in a way that nothing had before.”
“Focusing on abortion rights tapped into the vice president’s legal background, her political values and her substantive knowledge in a way that I saw no other issue do while I was there,” he said.
The White House has repeatedly turned to Harris, the first woman to serve as vice president, to make its case on abortion. Her outspokenness contrasts with Biden’s more reticent approach. Although he is a longtime supporter of abortion rights, he mentions less often and sometimes avoids using the word abortion even when he discusses the issue.
“I think the real star from a messaging standpoint is the vice president,” said Mini Timmaraju, head of Reproductive Freedom for All, the activist organization formerly known as the National Abortion Rights Action League. “Look, Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris. Joe Biden has asked Kamala Harris to lead on this issue. This is going to set us up for a great contrast with the other side.”
While Harris and Democrats have embraced abortion as a campaign issue, Republicans are shying away or calling for a truce, fearful of sparking more backlash from voters.
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, recently made a plea to “find consensus” on the divisive issue.
“As much as I’m pro-life, I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don’t want them to judge me for being pro-life,” she said during a primary debate in November.
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