Donald Trump

NY Times - President Trump has paid the writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million that was owed to her as a result of a jury's finding that he was liable for sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s and then defaming her, federal court records show.

The money, which had been held in escrow while Mr. Trump appealed the 2023 jury award, was disbursed to Ms. Carroll last week, according to a note added to the online court docket in the case on Tuesday.

The payment came after the U.S. Supreme Court declined the president's latest attempt to appeal the verdict, which prompted the judge overseeing the case to order that the money be released to Ms. Carroll.

Alternet -  ­Mary L. Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, claimed in a new interview that her uncle's deterioration is being hastened by "decades" of living with untreated "psychiatric disorders," which has created a "perfect storm," per The Daily Beast.

The younger Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the president's late older brother, and a clinical psychologist. Over the last several years, she has emerged as the only real critic of her uncle's political agenda from within his own family, calling out his policies in numerous books and interviews, while also warning of the family histories and conditions that have created his warped psyche.

On Monday, she spoke with former CNN White House correspondent Jessica Yellin for a discussion facilitated by Big Tent USA. As The Daily Beast reported, she was pressed about "how she would assess the president’s current mental and physical state as someone who knows him personally," and surmised that he is currently dealing with a "perfect storm" of circumstances, worsened by leaving serious psychiatric disorders untreated for "decades."

“He’s somebody who has lived for decades with longstanding, undiagnosed, and untreated psychiatric disorders," she said. "As with many illnesses, including psychiatric illnesses, when they’re left untreated, they worsen over time.”

She touched on several other factors indicating that his physical health is in serious decline, including his swollen ankles, bruised hands and apparent difficulty with walking or standing for extended periods. She also noted the much-discussed issues he appears to have with staying awake, even when he is on-camera during important events.