Welcome to Trail Guide, your daily rundown of the ins-and-outs of the 2016 presidential campaign. It's Monday, Aug. 3 and this is what we're watching:
- It's debate week and Donald Trump remains the GOP front-runner, so how do you debate him? The Times' Kurtis Lee and Seema Mehta explore the challenges other candidates face with Trump on stage.
- A number of candidates, such as former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and John Kasich of Ohio are fighting to make Thursday's primetime debate.