The Latest: Pence says too much made of Trump's tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
1:30 p.m.
Mike Pence says too much is made of Donald Trump's tweets.
The Republican vice presidential nominee was speaking Friday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hours after Trump unleashed a flurry of tweets shaming former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
The Indiana governor said Democrats and the media are to blame for focusing on "he said this, he tweeted that."
Pence said that will only embolden the Republican presidential nominee. Pence predicted Trump will stand strong.
At Monday's presidential debate, Democrat Hillary Clinton mentioned disparaging remarks Trump had made about Machado as examples of his disrespect for women.
In one tweet Friday, Trump said: "Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?"
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1 p.m.
A new ad from Donald Trump's presidential campaign is seizing on recent comments his rival made questioning why she isn't further ahead in the presidential race.
The ad uses footage of Hillary Clinton asking, "Why aren't I 50 points ahead, you might ask?"
The ad then references FBI criticism of Clinton's use of a private email system while she was secretary of state. It also mentions policies she supported that Trump argues allowed the Islamic State group's reach to spread.
The campaign says the ad will air nationally as part of its ramped-up spending on television advertising.
Trump's campaign has been dramatically outspent by Clinton's when it comes to ads.
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12:50 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is promoting her plans for enhancing public service opportunities.
In a speech in Fort Pierce, Florida Friday, Clinton laid out her proposals to increase national service. She wants to triple the size of the AmeriCorps program, grow the Peace Corps and create a new national service reserve program.
Clinton said she thinks America is strongest when people work together. She said Republican Donald Trump favors a "strongman approach."
Under the new program, people would enroll, receive training and then state and local leaders could call on their help during in natural disasters or emergency situations. Clinton wants to sign up 5 million people, focusing on people under 30.
The speech is one of several positive policy addresses from Clinton as she tries to draw a contrast with Trump.
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12 p.m.
The city of Phoenix is demanding that Donald Trump's campaign stop using the image of Phoenix police officers in a campaign advertisement.
The city sent a cease-and-desist letter Thursday. It says the campaign violated federal and state law by using copyrighted material, including images of officers in uniform and at work.
The ad features images of uniformed officers greeting Trump and shaking his hand.
City Attorney Brad Holm said in the letter that the advertisement "unmistakably and wrongfully" suggests that Phoenix and its officers support Trump's campaign.
The state's campaign chairman, Phil Lovas, said he cannot comment on the letter because he has not seen it.
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11:50 a.m.
The New York state attorney general is confirming that the Trump Foundation is not registered in New York as a charity to solicit donations.
But Attorney General Eric Schneiderman isn't saying if Donald Trump's foundation violated any laws.
The foundation is registered in the state as a charity. But state law requires a different registration for charities that solicit more than $25,000 a year from the public.
The registration issue was first reported by The Washington Post. The newspaper has also detailed foundation spending that personally benefited Trump.
Scheiderman, a Democrat whose office oversees New York charities, has been investigating the Trump foundation.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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11:40 a.m.
A spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton says neither the Democratic presidential nominee nor her campaign helped a former Miss Universe get U.S. citizenship.
Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri spoke to reporters Friday after Donald Trump unleashed a series of tweets criticizing Alicia Machado, the former beauty pageant winner. Trump also claimed Clinton had helped Machado get U.S. citizenship, but offered no proof.
Palmieri called on Trump to stop attacking Machado and apologize.
Machado has been in the spotlight since Monday night's debate, when Clinton cited derogatory comments Trump had made about her as examples of the Republican's disrespect for women.
Palmieri said Clinton will address Trump's comments at an event in Florida later Friday
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11:15 a.m.
Hillary Clinton is describing as "unhinged" a Donald Trump tweet attacking a former Miss Universe. She says his temperament is "dangerous for a president."
She says Trump's early-morning tweets accusing Alicia Machado of having a criminal record and a sex tape are "lies and conspiracy theories."
The Democratic presidential candidate's response to Trump came in her own series of tweets Friday.
She tweeted: "When something gets under Donald's thin skin, he lashes out and can't let go. This is dangerous for a president."
Clinton has not mentioned Machado since the Monday night debate. That's when she pointed to reports that Trump called the 1996 pageant winner "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping" as examples of his disrespect for women.
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8:05 a.m.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says hackers are taking aim at state and local election officials, and that at least one recent attempt was successful.
Johnson tells MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday that "exactly who did it" remains under investigation. Last month, the FBI warned state elections officials to boost their election security after hackers targeted data systems in at least two states, Illinois and Arizona. Johnson did not identify a location in his remarks.
Johnson said local election officials should reach out to the federal government to learn how to protect computer systems. With thousands of vote counting systems, "there is no one single point of failure," he said. But to prevent problems, he said, local officials should be vigilant.
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7:45 a.m.
Hillary Clinton plans to call on young people to participate in national service.
The campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate will announce plans Friday for a new national program designed to help people under 30 engage in public service.
She'll present her proposals in a speech Friday in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
It is the latest in a series of policy speeches designed to offer an affirmative message in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign. Clinton's campaign is seeking to contrast her approach with what they call Republican Donald Trump's "self-centered message."
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7:25 a.m.
Donald Trump is doubling down on his attacks on a former Miss Universe.
Trump unleashed a series of tweets early Friday saying that rival Hillary Clinton had shown bad judgment in using Alicia Machado "as a paragon of virtue."
In one tweet, Trump said: "Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?"
He offered no proof that Clinton had a role in Machado's citizenship. The "sex tape" reference was apparently about risque footage circulating online of Machado from when she appeared on a Spanish reality show.
At Monday's debate, Clinton cited Trump's past references to Machado as "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping" as examples of Trump's disrespectful comments about women.
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3:15 a.m.
Donald Trump is warning voters that a Hillary Clinton victory would bring her husband's sex scandal back to the White House.
Injecting Clinton's marital troubles into the 2016 campaign is Trump's latest effort to bounce back from Monday night's widely panned debate performance. In contrast, Clinton has delivered a mostly positive message in the days since her debate performance re-energized her candidacy.
Clinton is stressing that her plans will solve the kind of kitchen-sink problems facing American families - the high cost of childcare, mounting student debt and unpaid family leave.
Trump is promising lower taxes and "jobs, jobs, jobs," but he has also intensified the dire warnings and personal attacks that have defined his outsider presidential bid.