Updated: 2:46 PM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has begun telling Americans the Nov. 6 election comes down to which candidate would be better for their families. He's trying to personalize the choice voters are making between him and President Barack Obama.

Posted: 2:44 PM President Barack Obama said at the start of a 48-hour campaign trip that "trust matters" in a presidential campaign and he has kept the same values throughout his political career.

Posted: 2:27 PM The state of Wisconsin has settled a federal lawsuit brought by Republican Mitt Romney's campaign seeking more time for military and overseas voters in Wisconsin to return ballots that were sent past a federal deadline.

Posted: 12:50 PM Republican Mitt Romney's campaign says he still supports Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after Mourdock said "God intended" pregnancies that result from rape, but the campaign has not asked Mourdock to take down a TV ad featuring Romney.

Posted: 12:09 PM The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have become a major issue in Wisconsin's tight Senate race, with Republican Tommy Thompson's spot questioning Democrat Tammy Baldwin's patriotism. Baldwin is firing back with her own ad calling Thompson's a disgrace.

Posted: 11:40 AM Donald Trump has a deal for President Barack Obama -- if he releases his college and passport records, the New York real estate mogul will contribute $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice.

Posted: 11:28 AM President Barack Obama is heading to Nevada for a campaign rally featuring a free concert by pop singer Katy Perry at a park near downtown Las Vegas.

Updated: 11:26 AM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will return to Iowa on Friday as he and President Barack Obama scramble for votes in battleground states as the election nears.

Posted: 11:18 AM Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin is fighting back against her Republican challenger Tommy Thompson with a new television ad in response to a Thompson spot related to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Posted: 2:00 PM Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will be campaigning in Wisconsin to help get out the vote for fellow Republican Mitt Romney.

Posted: 1:25 PM Republican Tommy Thompson is invoking the Sept. 11 attacks in a new television ad that features veterans and members of the military questioning Democrat Tammy Baldwin's votes against a resolution honoring victims.

Posted: 11:49 AM Wisconsin's top elections official says Milwaukee election workers did not initially check those who registered to vote against a list of felons ineligible to vote.

Posted: 11:45 AM Wisconsin's elections board has reaffirmed its rules governing how close observers can get to workers at the polls on Election Day.

Posted: 11:04 AM President Barack Obama says the most serious issue in the White House race is who voters can trust.

Posted: 7:56 AM Wisconsin state elections officials are scheduled to discuss what is allowable behavior at the polls following complaints from the Republican Party of Wisconsin and others about what happened during the June recalls and recently enacted policies

Posted: 10:40 PM President Barack Obama has sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night in Boca Raton, Fla. Romney went on the offensive, too.

Posted: 8:39 AM An outdoor advertising company says it is pulling down voter-fraud billboards in two swing states after complaints that they were meant to intimidate voters.

Posted: 5:53 PM Tommy Thompson's campaign says the Republican Senate candidate sold stock in four companies for $38,000 after learning they have ties to Iran.

Posted: 10:11 AM The "Tammy vs. Tommy" contest for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat has been a political slugfest living up to its boxing-styled nickname.

Posted: 10:08 AM After a more than a year of punishing recall elections, Wisconsin Republicans have their sights set on reclaiming control of the state Senate and with it, full run of state government again.

Posted: 9:42 PM First lady Michelle Obama is campaigning for her husband in Wisconsin, where she's telling supporters the president is a man of integrity who'll do what he says.

Updated: 10:19 PM Former President Bill Clinton says President Barack Obama is facing a tough re-election race because "impatient" Americans haven't fully recognized an economy on the mend.

Updated: 4:58 PM Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, is touring the Badger State during the next three days.

Posted: 8:10 AM Former President Bill Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama are traveling across Wisconsin to encourage early voting.

Posted: 8:47 PM Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson says he wants to protect Medicare, despite campaign attack ads that show him saying no one was better to end it.