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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Struggling Democratic presidential candidates are facing the bad news that they are not among the 10 who have qualified for the next debate, a predicament that is likely to spell doom for their campaigns.Hours ahead of a midnight Wednesday deadline to qualify, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced she was dropping out of the race after spending at least $4 million on advertising in recent months to qualify.Billionaire climate change activist Tom Steyer, Monta stanley cup na Gov. Steve Bullock and stanley cup self-help guru Marianne Williamson we stanley cup re also among those missing September debate, as were Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and a handful of others.To appear on stage in Houston next month, they had to hit 2% in at least four approved public opinion polls while securing 130,000 unique donors. Two new polls released Wednesday affirmed that they were all below the threshold.The question shifted from who would qualify for the following debate to who would stay in the race.Our rules have ended up less inclusive 8230; than even the Republicans, Bullock said on MSNBC, referring to the thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee. It is what it is.The 10 candidates who qualified for September debate are Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Juli谩n Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O ;Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.In a still-crowded Democratic field, not qualifying Lgsy Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is what we as Israelis want to see, former prime minister says
NEW YORK AP 鈥?At first, she thought helping Donald Trump shop for a women lingerie gift at a luxury depa stanley cup rtment store would simply be a funny New York thing. Even when, according to E. Jean Carroll, the then-b nike dunk usinessman motioned her to a dressing room as they dared each other to try on a see-through bodysuit, she imagined something like a stanley cup Saturday Night Live sketch she ;d written.But soon, my whole reason for being alive in that moment was to get out of that room, Carroll testified Wednesday in the trial of her rape lawsuit. Im here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didnt happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and Im here to try and get my life back, Carroll told jurors.As she took the stand to describe the alleged 1996 attack, Trump, from afar, repeated his聽insistence that Carrolls claim聽is utter fiction. He wrote on his social media site that the case is a made-up scam, and more.WATCH: Trump faces civil trial in rape and defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll This is a fraudulent false story 鈥?Witch Hunt! Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. His comments prompted the judge to warn Trump lawyers that he could bring more legal problems upon himself.Trump hasnt attended聽the trial聽thus far, but his lawyers said Tuesday he still could decide to testify.The trial comes as Trump again seeks the Republican nomination for president, and weeks after he聽pleaded not guilty聽to unrelated crimina