The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT): 2:05 p.m. Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump's decision to shake up his campaign staff will have little impact on his controversial political message. Clinton says: "There is no new Donald Trump." Trump hired Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of conservative website Breitbart News LLC, as his campaign's chief executive and Kellyanne Conway as campaign manager. Trump is trying to stabilize his flailing campaign. Clinton told supporters at a rally in Cleveland that Trump "can hire and fire anyone he wants." But, she said, "he is still the same man." Clinton is campaigning and fundraising in Ohio, a key battleground state. ___ 1:35 p.m. Sen. Tim Kaine is continuing his attacks on Donald Trump at a campaign stop in Iowa, though he is not weighing in on the Republican nominee's campaign staff shakeup. At a community college in Cedar Rapids, the Democratic vice presidential nominee questioned why Trump has not released his tax returns. Kaine said that Trump has bragged about avoiding taxes. Kaine argued that, as a result, Trump has not supported public needs, like the military. "He's been stiffing the military his whole life and there's no reason to believe he will suddenly be supportive of the military," Kaine said. Trump has said he won't release his until an IRS audit is complete. Kaine avoided a question about the recent staffing changes on Trump's campaign, saying it was "not time for that." ___ 1:10 p.m. Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook says voters should pay attention to links between Donald Trump's staff and Russian political interests. Mook says: "Trump's own views and the Republican platform itself have notably backed Russian views and Russian polices." He says it's "a very disturbing picture." Trump has faced criticism for his friendly overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million to two Washington lobbying firms in 2012. Manafort did not report the payments to U.S. authorities. U.S. lobbyists must declare publicly if they represent foreign leaders or their political parties. Mook stopped short of calling for a federal investigation, saying he'll leave the law to the "experts." ___ 12:50 p.m. Tim Kaine is telling some Iowa war stories at a stop in Cedar Rapids. The Democratic vice presidential nominee and Virginia senator told a crowd at a community college that he has family and friends in the state and took part in the RAGBRAI bicycle ride in 1996, garbed in spandex. "My prayer is that none of those photos can be found by opposition researchers," Kaine joked. Kaine emphasized job training and education on his trip to the battleground state, visiting technical training programs at Kirkwood Community College. He also stressed the campaign's commitment to boosting wages and providing more support to workers. ___ 9:10 a.m. Donald Trump is expressing distrust of U.S. intelligence as he prepares to get his first intelligence briefing Wednesday. The Republican presidential nominee says the intelligence services have made "such bad decisions." Asked whether he trusts intelligence, Trump told Fox News: "Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country, I mean look what's happened over the last 10 years ... it's been catastrophic." One of Trump's advisers, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, was the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He will accompany Trump to the briefing. Trump says he will choose different advisers than "sort of your standards." Democrats have expressed concerns about Trump receiving sensitive information, but Trump says Hillary Clinton is the one who "can't keep anything private." ___ 8 a.m. Rudy Giuliani says the Trump campaign staff shakeup is about ensuring good management for a campaign that is getting "bigger and bigger and bigger." The former New York City mayor, a top Trump supporter, disputes the suggestion it reflects negatively on campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Manafort retains his title, but two conservative strategists are being installed in top spots. In an interview on Fox News Channel, Giuliani says: "I don't think it's about strategy. I think it's about management and making sure you have the right number of people in place to manage an organization that has grown dramatically." Giuliani adds that "A lot of people think he has no organization — good, I like them to think that." He insists the reality is otherwise. ___ 3 a.m. Republican Donald Trump is overhauling his campaign once again, bringing in Breitbart News's Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO and promoting pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager. The move comes just 82 days before the election and represents yet another campaign shake-up for the tumultuous campaign. Trump tells The Associated Press in a phone interview that he's known both people for a long time. He says, "They're terrific people, they're winners, they'rechamps, and we need to win it." Opinion surveys show Trump trailing his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton nationally and in key battleground states. Trump says his campaign chair, Paul Manafort, will maintain his current role. The development was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
