Trump has his largest edge of the campaign as the more honest and trustworthy of the two major candidates (50 percent say he is more honest and trustworthy vs. just 35 percent choosing Clinton) and as the stronger leader, 50 percent to 42 percent.
But Trump's unconventional White House bid, including his campaign's apparent imperviousness to criticism about his harsh rhetoric, assures a tight contest for the next 64 days until the election.
Military leaders have said that they can live with an active duty army of 490,000 - bolstered by almost 500,000 soldiers in the National Guard and Reserves - as long as Congress provides enough funding to support that troop level.
The Trump campaign has also been blasting Clinton for her fundraisers - Trump's son Eric this week criticized her for raising money while his father was in Mexico.
"I do believe that Donald Trump is growing in his understanding of these issues and I think that he's beginning to get more and more people around him that have a depth of understanding as to the complexities and I'm watching this evolve", he said.
The imagery is sure to fuel critics' theories that Clinton, 68, has serious health problems. Holt got Trump to admit that his assertion Hillary Clinton was asleep at critical times during the 2012 attack on the USA diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, might not be true.
But at the same time, Clinton has faced new questions about her use of an unsecured, private email server during her tenure as the top USA diplomat from 2009 to 2013.
"I am so happy to have all of you with me".
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears "quite satisfied with himself" and said Trump "has generally parroted what is a Putin-Kremlin line".
Rob Portman of OH is running a campaign that mirrors Clinton's more than Trump's - disciplined, well-funded, and heavily centered on data - and appears on track to hold his seat, even if Clinton carries the state in the presidential race.
"Paid family day, earned sick days, affordable child care, and finally guaranteeing equal pay for women's work", she said.
Those who trust Clinton on immigration overwhelmingly say the nation's top immigration priority should be finding a way for those in the country illegally to stay (71 percent), while the Trump backers are more focused on stopping people from entering the country illegally (56 percent).
"We're very much on schedule to do what we need to do to turn out the vote for Mr. Trump", said Bob Paduchik, Trump's OH state director and one of the most experienced operatives on the Republican's staff. Paduchik said Trump's efforts heading into the fall are focused primarily on rallying "disaffected Democrats and independents".
Clinton powered through a coughing fit at a Labor Day festival at a Cleveland park, sharply criticizing Trump's recent trip to Mexico as "an embarrassing worldwide incident".
Just a week after traveling to Mexico and then returning across the United States border to deliver a hardline immigration speech, he assailed Clinton for having "no plan" on immigration.
"She doesn't have the energy to bring 'em back". "For this reason, we support Donald Trump's candidacy to be our next commander-in-chief". He is seeking to capitalize on simmering frustration among blue collar workers over wage stagnation and mediocre job prospects.
Her saving grace during the campaign has been Trump's high negative ratings, untrustworthiness and penchant for saying provocative things that have turned off many voters.
Trump, 70, trails in polling but dominated the week's political messaging and imagery that included his visit to an African-American church in Detroit.
"The polls are close so Crooked Hillary is getting out of bed and will campaign tomorrow", Trump taunted late Sunday on Twitter. Holt will moderate the first debate on September 26.
Trump contributed $2 million to the campaign, CNN reported, and the Washington Post added that $70 million came from small donations.
"Trump doesn't reflect Republican ideals of the past; we are certain he shouldn't reflect the GOP of the future", the editorial said.
But Democrats point to a series of theories behind Trump's rationale to break with decades of major party nominee tradition - and conversations with tax experts and officials indicate some, if not all, may have merit.
If Trump can reshape the race, he'll need to do so quickly.
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