The question of whether President Obama was born in the United States was brought up again when a Washington Post interview with Trump was published. In it, the GOP nominee said he didn’t want to answer that question, yet. His campaign was quickly in damage control mode and came out with a statement that said Trump believes Obama was born in the U.S. As of this writing, Trump is speaking at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. He is expected to address the issue.

Obama’s rise to the presidency was thought to be due, in part, to the rapidly changing demographic makeup of the United States. It beckons the question: Why has Trump been able to close in on Clinton in the polls when he has alienated almost every minority group out there? The sobering conclusion is that Democratic success of the past few presidential cycles overstated the impact of minority support.

With Election Day creeping up quickly, the Koch network of political-interest groups is going to largely forego TV advertising in October to focus on the ground game. The Kochs hope to spur turnout for Senate and Congressional GOP candidates, using grassroots to reach out to sympathetic voters.

According to Clinton staff members, the pneumonia bug that caused Hillary Clinton to leave a 9/11 ceremony abruptly over the weekend had been making the rounds of the Clinton headquarters for weeks. Around six members of the campaign fell ill, including campaign manager Robby Mook. Some cases were relatively severe, with some staffers taken to the ER.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation into the Trump Foundation. “We have been concerned that the Trump Foundation may have engaged in some impropriety,” Schneiderman said. The New York AG’s office has also been investigating Trump University over the past couple months. The Washington Post story cited tax records showing that Trump had not donated to his own foundation since 2008, and had, among other allegations, "spent $20,000 of money earmarked for charitable purposes to buy a six-foot-tall painting of himself."

Hillary Clinton is planning a return to the campaign trail on Thursday, after taking a few days off to recover from pneumonia. The Democratic nominee for president is expected to speak to a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute dinner in Washington D.C. on Thursday. She is also slated to appear Friday on “The Tonight Show.”

Tim Kaine made his radio advertising debut in a Spanish-language ad. The ad is airing in Florida, Ohio and Nevada, and talks about the values he assimilated working with Jesuit missionaries in Honduras. Kaine frequently breaks into Spanish on the campaign trail. He made history in 2013 when he delivered an entire speech about immigration on the Senate floor in Spanish.

Hillary Clinton and her surrogates are spending tens of  millions of dollars more than Trump in states where there is also a Senate race. That worries the GOP; Trump’s lack of TV presence in many states will hurt down ballot candidates. For example, in North Carolina, where a GOP Senate incumbent faces a tough race, the Clinton team is on track to outspend Trump by $21 million to $3 million.

Donald Trump said on Monday that Hillary Clinton had made the “single biggest mistake of the political season” after telling attendees at a fundraiser last Friday that half of those who support Trump are part of a “basket of deplorabes.” Trump added that it was “much worse” than Mitt Romney’s 47% comment in 2012. Hillary Clinton has since apologized for oversimplifying the issue.

With candidates’ health at the center of the presidential race, Donald Trump announced on Monday that he underwent a physical last week and would release “very, very specific” medical results at some point this week. “Hopefully, they’re going to be good. I think they’re going to be good,” added Trump.