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Today’s prime tales

The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 race takes place immediately in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump will not take part. Instead, he’ll seem in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, presumably on the identical time the talk airs on Fox. Here’s how to watch the talk.

A former president Donald Trump supporter stands close to the Fiserv Forum as arrange continues for the upcoming Republican presidential debate Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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A former president Donald Trump supporter stands close to the Fiserv Forum as arrange continues for the upcoming Republican presidential debate Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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• Wisconsin is a real purple state. On Up First this morning, NPR’s Franco Ordoñez, who’s overlaying the talk, famous that in 2020, Trump received it by lower than 25,000 votes. Four years later, Biden did the identical.
• The debate shall be a take a look at of types to see if candidates can emerge from Trump’s shadow within the GOP major. Trump has dominated the first to date, so that is many of the candidates’ first probability to introduce themselves to a bigger viewers of hundreds of thousands.
• Veteran Republican communications strategist Alice Stewart spoke to All Things Considered’s Mary Louise Kelly about how the candidates should approach the talk. 

The Biden administration kicked off a brand new scholar mortgage compensation plan yesterday, meant to switch the one struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this yr. The SAVE program takes into consideration debtors’ revenue and household measurement to calculate month-to-month funds, that are anticipated to decrease dramatically for hundreds of thousands of debtors.

• As lengthy as debtors make their month-to-month funds, they are going to accrue no extra curiosity. Those who borrowed lower than $12,000 can have all their loans forgiven in 10 years, versus the present precedent of 20 years. 
• NPR’s Cory Turner said on Up First that in accordance with consultants, “it’s inevitable it will face legal challenge, though this one is on safer footing” than the earlier plan.

Tropical Storm Hilary could have delayed the fireplace season in sure areas of Southern California, LAist’s Jacob Margolis reports. Fires are pushed by dry gas, wind and topography – that means options like slopes. A fireplace that begins on the backside of a hill is prone to unfold quicker than one which begins on the prime, for instance. There’s sufficient moisture within the air to assist decelerate the final sort – topography-dominated fires. But because the area’s most damaging fires are pushed by winds, there’s nonetheless sufficient to be cautious about.

Life recommendation

Do you will have a monetary self-care routine? Just as we’ve routine habits for our wellbeing, like brushing our enamel and washing our arms, there are additionally habits we will follow often to spice up our monetary hygiene. NPR’s Life Kit recommends these five:

• Look to the long run: Ask your self the place you need to be in three, 5 or 10 years, then set your monetary targets accordingly. 
• Check in in your investments: Take inventory of your funding accounts like 401(ok)s, Roth IRAs and brokerage accounts — annually. 
• Make positive your financial savings are rising: If your financial institution is not serving to you develop your financial savings, contemplate different choices. 
• Prepare for taxes: Check the tax withholding in your final paystub forward of time. If you are self-employed, contemplate organising a tax financial savings account.  
• Maximize your medical insurance: Take the time to overview updates to your medical insurance plans yearly, and look out for open enrollment.

Deep dive

An American Airlines Airbus 321 sits on the gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on July 23, 2023.

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An American Airlines Airbus 321 sits on the gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on July 23, 2023.

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If you are one of many many vacationers utilizing ‘skiplagging’ to get cheaper air fares, a brand new American Airlines lawsuit might change that:

• What is skiplagging? When a direct flight is just too costly, some passengers guide a flight to a less expensive vacation spot with a layover at their vacation spot of selection – after which ditch the second flight.
• Airlines lose cash within the course of, since they may have offered the seat that went empty on the second flight for the next value as a direct ticket.
• There are dangers to passengers: If airways discover out what you are doing, they may cancel your ticket or ban you from flying with it.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

In this Aug 25, 2019 photograph, a Southern Vietnamese field turtle (Cuora picturata) walks in its pen at a turtle sanctuary in Cuc Phuong nationwide park in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. The International Union for Conservation of Nature rated the turtles a “Critically Endangered” species and is going through threats of habitat loss and poaching for the elevated demand for pet commerce and meals.

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In this Aug 25, 2019 photograph, a Southern Vietnamese field turtle (Cuora picturata) walks in its pen at a turtle sanctuary in Cuc Phuong nationwide park in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. The International Union for Conservation of Nature rated the turtles a “Critically Endangered” species and is going through threats of habitat loss and poaching for the elevated demand for pet commerce and meals.

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1. Federal well being officers have linked a salmonella outbreak in 11 states to small turtles. Separately, authorities in Washington state are blaming a lethal listeria outbreak on poorly cleaned ice cream machines at a burger joint.
2. Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande are the most recent artists to half with supervisor Scooter Braun, who most famously engaged in a public battle with Taylor Swift over management of her recorded catalogue.
3. Spain could have received its first ever Women’s World Cup on Sunday, however the celebrations have been tempered by anger after the top of the Royal Spanish Football Federation planted a kiss on the lips of certainly one of its gamers.

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.