An appeals court last year upheld a lower court's judgment that Trump sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s, and later defamed her after she went public with her allegations.

The Supreme Court is currently hearing a crucial case that will determine if President Donald Trump's tariffs can continue or were imposed illegally.

A ruling against Trump could restrict presidential authority to impose tariffs and limit future administrations’ flexibility in trade negotiations, while a ruling in his favor would affirm broad executive control over U.S. trade policy, potentially redefining the scope of presidential power for decades to come.

EARLY IN HIS second term, Donald Trump has profited from his previous appointments of Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. With few exceptions, they and their three conservative colleagues have removed obstacles to Mr Trump’s plans imposed by lower courts—letting him ban transgender soldiers from the armed forces,