With Trump planning to skip the first Republican presidential debate tonight in Milwaukee, his rivals are hoping to seize the spotlight. The Washington Post looks at their preparations.

The Republican focus on Milwaukee shows that Wisconsin will be a critical state again in 2024. NPR explains why.

A key witness in the Mar-a-Lago documents case changed his testimony to implicate Trump, after dropping a lawyer paid for by the former president’s PAC. Axios has more.

Colleges have been on a spending spree over the past 20 years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of records — and students are paying the bill.