Trump supporters set up West Bank campaign office

Republican supporters of Donald Trump have opened a campaign office in the West Bank, in what they say is a first, hoping to recruit American-Israelis living in the settlements to vote for the Republican presidential candidate. A banner reading "Trump, the interest of Israel" in Hebrew marks the location of the makeshift headquarters, in a home in the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron.

Trump camp optimistic minority outreach efforts will be effective

With his “what the hell do you have to lose?” line, his talk of softening his stance on immigrants residing in the country illegally, his trip to Mexico City to express respect for the Mexican people, and his ventures into African-American communities in two U.S. cities, he and his campaign strategists have been working to target minority voters. “In a word, no,” said Hughey Newsome, a black conservative leader and Washington-based business consultant.

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump work for Ohio votes on Labor Day: Ohio Politics Roundup

Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Sen. Tim Kaine, arrives to speak at the 11th Congressional District Labor Day festival at Luke Easter Park in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.

AP Explains: Ohio is home to 3 disputes over voting issues

In this Oct. 2, 2012, file photo, a man places a sign letting people know where to line up for early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati. In Ohio, one of the biggest prizes in the 2016 presidential election, groups have challenged shortened early voting, procedures for absentee and provisional ballots and the process for purging voters from registration rolls, potentially affecting when voters can cast ballots and how ballots are counted.

Clinton and Trump courting Ohio voters on Labor Day18 minutes ago

In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix. Trump and Hillary Clinton are making competing Labor Day pitches in Ohio, setting the stage for a critical month in their testy presidential campaign.

Clinton and Trump courting Ohio voters on Labor Day

In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix. Trump and Hillary Clinton are making competing Labor Day pitches in Ohio, setting the stage for a critical month in their testy presidential campaign.

‘Totally Irresponsible’: Joe Biden Hammers Trump’s Character in Ohio

Vice President Joe Biden put his working class folksiness to work for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in northeastern Ohio on Thursday, delivering blow after blow to Republican nominee Donald Trump. "This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth that now he's choking on because his foot's in his mouth along with his spoon!" Biden began the day in Warren, Ohio, arguing that Trump simply "doesn't understand" the realities of working and middle class people.

1 in 7 Ohio voters wona t receive invitation to vote absentee

One in seven registered voters in Ohio won't receive an absentee ballot request form in the mail for the upcoming election cycle. Republican Ohio Secretary of State John Husted has decided not to send absentee ballot applications to more than 1 million registered voters who didn't vote in the 2012 or 2014 federal elections or who are thought to have moved.

GOP presidential nominee Trump plans major ad buy Monday

Donald Trump's campaign is planning its biggest ad buy to date - upward of $10 million on commercials airing over the next week or so. The campaign is expects the ads to air as soon as Monday in nine swing states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, where the campaign has already been on the air, along with New Hampshire, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.

Trump warns of a riggeda election, recruits volunteers to monitor polling places

Fearing a "rigged" election, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is recruiting volunteers to monitor polls on Election Day - prompting voting rights advocates to prepare for fallout and say the real estate mogul's language already is bordering on voter intimidation. In recent weeks, Mr. Trump has called on his supporters in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Ohio to go beyond simply voting on Nov. 8. He is urging them also to be on the lookout for any funny business on Election Day.

How one Republican is navigating the Trump hurricane

The hero of this sizzling summer for Republicans is an unlikely one: Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, in many ways Trump's polar opposite. Yet the mild-mannered favorite of the Republican establishment has emerged as one of the few GOP Senators in a tough race who's A Monmouth University Poll released on Monday showed Portman with an 8-point lead over his opponent, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

Whata s on Hillary Clintona s to-do list before Election Day?

WASHINGTON >> Hillary Clinton will celebrate Labor Day with an edge over rival Donald Trump in any number of the most competitive states, even as she struggles with the challenge of sealing the deal with large groups of voters who consider her dishonest and untrustworthy. Clinton's experience as secretary of state and her handle on domestic policy make her the favorite in three presidential debates beginning later this month.

The Latest: Ohio Democrats disappointed with voting ruling

The Latest on a federal appeals court's decision that upholds a cut to early voting in Ohio : The Ohio Democratic Party is among the plaintiffs who challenged a series of Republican-backed voting changes, alleging they disproportionately burdened black voters and those who lean Democratic. Such policies include the elimination of early voting days in which Ohioans could also register to vote.

Finding No Racial Discrimination, Appeals Court OKs Ohioa s Shortened Early Voting Window

A federal appeals court reinstated a law that shortens Ohio's early voting period, finding the measure fell short of legal discrimination by placing a "minimal burden" on the battleground state's African-American voters. At issue was a 2014 Republican-backed law that reduced the period of early voting days from 35 to 29. By doing so, it eliminated the so-called "Golden Week," six overlapping days of voter registration and early voting when black voters have been more likely than whites to cast same-day ballots.