Why Trump is center stage at a debate he’s skipping

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<p>With Trump planning to skip the first Republican presidential debate tonight in Milwaukee, his rivals are hoping to seize the spotlight. The <a href="https://apple.news/APC3BIMTqTEqXyJSsR7St5w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at their preparations.</p> <p>The Republican focus on Milwaukee shows that Wisconsin will be a critical state again in 2024. <a href="https://apple.news/AAY0JdoASRKO_Hq2AnX8zOw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> explains why.</p> <p>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&rsquo;s PAC. <a href="https://apple.news/A7VOx0Ed8S1-I6S1ARV2ijQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Axios</a> has more.</p> <p>Colleges have been on a spending spree over the past 20 years, according to a <a href="https://apple.news/A8LAgOlmuTiGODBzKqISM0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> analysis of records &mdash; and students are paying the bill.</p>