WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the presidential election campaign (all times EDT)):
9:45 p.m.
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is apologizing for saying he was surprised that a gun magazine with a photo of Hillary Clinton on the cover hadn’t put a bull’s-eye over her face.
The senator made the comment Saturday during a private gathering of Republicans. CNN obtained audio from the event.
Burr is heard saying he saw a copy of American Rifleman in a gun shop. He said: “It’s got a picture of Hillary Clinton on the front of it. I was a little bit shocked that it didn’t have a bull’s-eye on it.” His Democratic challenger, Deborah Ross, says on Twitter that his comments are “dangerous and irresponsible.”
Burr says in a letter to The Raleigh News & Observer, “The comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it.”
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9 p.m.
John Kasich has cast his presidential ballot - for 2008 Republican nominee John McCain.
Spokesman Chris Schrimpf says the Ohio governor voted straight-ticket Republican in the rest of the contests. And he’s given $2,700 from his presidential political committee, Kasich for America, to every Republican in a competitive Senate race.
The former Republican presidential candidate has been critical of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Schrimpf says in making his vote Kasich “went with someone he could support and also kept his commitment and demonstrated his support for down-ballot Republicans.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Kasich’s vote will not count, because McCain is not one of the certified write-in candidates on the Ohio ballot.
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7:45 p.m.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence had to pivot during a speech in Clearwater, Florida, on Monday when the electricity went out.
Pence had been speaking for about 10 minutes at the massive doorway of an airplane hangar at Signature Flight Support when the power went out.
For a few moments, people weren’t sure what to do. Some chanted “drain the swamp” and “USA!”
Pence left the stage briefly, then returned with a bullhorn as the crowd of about 1,000 cheered.
He resumed his speech and about 10 minutes later, the power came back on and so did his microphone.
“I’m here with the lights on, the lights off, bullhorn, flashlights. I’m here for this team,” he said.
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6:50 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump has “sold out” to the gun lobby.
Clinton is campaigning in Cincinnati alongside former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was badly injured in a 2011 shooting in Arizona. Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, who also appeared at the event, have become active supporters of tighter gun control measures.
Clinton says that if there was anything else causing as many deaths in the U.S. as guns, there would be a push to tackle the problem. She called for comprehensive background checks and for keeping guns away from people on terror watch lists.
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6:22 p.m.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is arguing that FBI Director James Comey is applying a double standard when it comes to the presidential candidates.
On a conference call with reporters on Monday, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook cited a report from CNBC that said Comey opposed releasing information close to Election Day about Russian interference in the U.S. election.
The AP has not confirmed that report, and the FBI declined to comment on Monday.
Mook called the report evidence of a “blatant double standard.” Comey on Friday disclosed the FBI had newly discovered emails that may be relevant to the Clinton email investigation.
Clinton and her campaign have raged against that timing, saying Comey deviated from Justice Department policy when he alerted Congress to the new discovery so close to Election Day.
Mook called on Comey to “immediately explain this incongruence and apply the same standard to Donald Trump’s associates as he has applied to Hillary Clinton’s.”
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5:26 p.m.
Vice President Joe Biden stopped at a Philadelphia restaurant to urge an audience of black leaders and voters to turnout in droves next Tuesday, saying a decisive victory for Hillary Clinton could end claims of a “rigged election” in the city by Donald Trump and skeptics.
If the election is close, Biden warned, “He’s gonna tell people it was fixed. He’s got just enough folks out there who’ll believe that stuff. We can’t afford that.”
“Folks it’s not enough we just get out,” Biden told the group. “We’ve gotta win this city by the largest margin we’ve had in a long, long time. In case you haven’t figured it out, you’re the key. The point is, they know what the numbers are.”
“As Oprah said, you don’t have to love her but you need her,” Biden said, referring to a recent interview the cable channel owner gave. “(Hillary) doesn’t open up that much; it’s not her style. But I know how much she cares.”
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5:22 p.m.
Donald Trump is claiming that Hillary Clinton is not a good role model for his 10-year-old son.
Trump, campaigning in Michigan on Monday, said, “She’s a terrible example for my son and the children in this country.”
That line of attack is very similar to the one Clinton has used against him for much of the campaign. Clinton has repeatedly cited Trump’s words and actions - including in a campaign ad - as proof that the New York businessman would be a negative impact on the nation’s children.
Trump made his claim after attacking Clinton’s use of a private email server, suggesting that she was “corrupt” and destined to be imprisoned.
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5:13 p.m.
Senate Republicans are spending $2 million on Wisconsin as the contest between freshman GOP Sen. Ron Johnson and former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold unexpectedly tightens.
Johnson and fellow Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois have long been expected to lose, but the Wisconsin race has showed some movement in recent days toward the Republican. That prompted the Democratic Senate Majority PAC to start spending limited sums for Feingold last week.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee run by allies of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, is running broadcast and cable ads in at least five markets touting Johnson.
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4:21 p.m.
The Justice Department is telling Congress it will dedicate whatever resources are needed to quickly review emails that may be relevant to the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
In a letter Monday, the department said it would work closely with the FBI and “take appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible.”
A U.S. official says the FBI has discovered thousands of emails. It’s not clear how many are pertinent to the Clinton case.
The emails were found on a computer seized during a sexting investigation into former Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of close Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
FBI Director James Comey revealed the existence of the newly discovered emails in a letter to Congress Friday.
The timing of the revelation so close to the election stirred widespread anger.
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4:00 p.m.
Election Day is more than a week away, but it’s already too late for Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump to win over roughly a fifth of American voters - and many of them are in key battleground states.
In states such as Florida, Nevada and Colorado, one third or more of the expected ballots already have been cast. The breakdown of those voters by party affiliation point to an advantage for Clinton.
Early voting is underway in 37 states.
Nationwide, Associated Press data show that more than 23 million votes have been cast. That represents nearly 20 percent of the total votes expected, if turnout is similar to 2012. In all, more than 46 million people are expected to vote before Election Day, Nov. 8.
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3:02 p.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan will be far from his home state of Wisconsin when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaigns there a week before the election.
Trump and running mate Mike Pence were to hold a rally the western Wisconsin city of Eau Claire on Tuesday night. But Ryan instead will be campaigning for House Republicans in Indiana, Michigan and New York on Tuesday.
Ryan has publicly distanced himself from Trump, saying earlier this month that he would no longer defend or campaign with the GOP nominee after audio surfaced of him making crude remarks about women.
Ryan plans to return to Wisconsin to join a Republican bus tour on Friday to bolster candidates in the state, including incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson.
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2:50 p.m.
CNN says it is “completely uncomfortable” to learn through WikiLeaks that former commentator Donna Brazile had contacted the Clinton campaign ahead of time about a question that would be posed during a presidential primary town hall last March in Flint, Michigan.
CNN announced Monday that it had accepted Brazile’s resignation as a contributor two weeks ago. Her deal had been suspended in July when she became interim head of the Democratic National Committee.
The material released Monday from the hacked file of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta revealed at least the second time that Brazile had communicated to Clinton aides about questions Hillary Clinton might be asked on the air.
CNN said it never gave Brazile access to any questions or preparation material in advance of a network event.
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2:45 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is warning anew about Donald Trump having control of nuclear weapons as she makes her closing argument to voters.
Campaigning in Ohio, Clinton criticized Trump for talking “casually” about nuclear weapons and wondered if the Republican knows that a single warhead can kill millions of people.
Clinton was introduced by a former nuclear launch control officer who said that if Trump were president, he would “have no faith in his judgment.”
Bruce Blair said he would “live in constant fear” of Trump making a bad call about using nuclear weapons. Blair is a former intercontinental ballistic missile launch control officer.
As Clinton took the stage, she said every American should hear Blair’s story before Election Day.
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2:35 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is challenging the FBI’s new email inquiry, saying “There is no case here.”
Clinton says she’s “not making excuses” for her use of a personal email address and personal Internet server at the State Department. And she says if the FBI wants to investigate emails involving one of her closest aides, “they should look at them.”
But she says she’s sure the FBI will reach the same conclusion it did earlier this year, when the bureau decided against prosecuting Clinton and her advisers for their handling of classified information.
Clinton is speaking at a rally at Kent State University in battleground Ohio, kicking off the last full week of campaigning before Election Day.
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2:34 p.m.
The White House says FBI Director James Comey’s letter to Congress publicizing a review of newly discovered emails is having the opposite effect of what Comey intended.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest is walking a fine line in declaring the president’s upmost confidence in Comey’s integrity while also voicing support for the Justice Department and FBI following norms and traditions.
Senior Justice Department officials advised Comey against telling Congress about the new developments. But Comey has explained it would be misleading to the American people “were we not to supplement the record.”
Earnest says the fact that Comey felt the need to explain his action to FBI employees indicates his notification of Congress has had the opposite effect of what Comey intended.
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2:05 p.m.
Donald Trump is warning again about voter fraud - but has a solution for his supporters.
The Republican nominee once again said there is widespread voter fraud, a claim for which he has produced no evidence.
But he told supporters at a rally Monday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that they should “get out and vote by the millions and we won’t have to worry about what is taking place behind the scenes.”
Trump made his pitch during a foray into Democrat-leaning Michigan. The state hasn’t gone for a Republican since 1988, but may prove essential for Trump’s electoral map.
Several studies suggest that voter fraud is extremely rare. Trump’s warning in Michigan came a day after he criticized the mail-in voting system in Colorado, suggesting that it is ripe for fraud.
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1:55 p.m.
Donald Trump is seizing on the ongoing flap over Hillary Clinton’s private email server. He says that she “is not the victim, the American people are the victims.”
Speaking Monday in Michigan, the Republican presidential candidate said Clinton “broke the law over and over again.” He claims that she lied to the FBI and destroyed evidence on her phone and emails.
Clinton has not been charged with any wrongdoing. The FBI declined to recommend charges this summer over her use of a private email sever while she was secretary of state. But it is now looking at emails found on the computer of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of a top aide to Clinton.
It is not yet known if those emails are connected to Clinton.
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