Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

A jury has found former president Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist

E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s.

Over jurors stopped short of Carroll's claim Trump raped her, Morph Mempire's Andrew

Bernstein.

Even though there were only two counts to decide on, the jury sheet had ten separate questions.

So on the charge of battery, the jury had to choose between three parts based on the

preponderance of the evidence.

Did Trump rape E. Jean Carroll?

Did he sexually abuse her?

Did he forcibly touch her?

The jury answered no to the question, did he rape her?

But yes, to sexual abuse.

The judge had defined that in his instructions as sexual contact without her consent using

compulsion for the purpose of gratifying Trump's sexual desires.

Once the jury answered yes to the sexual abuse component that meant he was liable for battery.

The New York jury awarded Carroll a total of five million dollars in damages Trump's

lawyer says he'll appeal.

Talks between President Biden and Republicans on the debt ceiling have now ended, though

neither side appears to be budging from their initial positions with more meetings scheduled

later this week.

And, Pierce Franca Ordonia is us more on today's session.

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