During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump blamed the news media for his falling poll numbers and accused reporters of protecting Hillary Clinton. In a series of tweets, the Republican nominee called the media “disgusting and corrupt” and claimed he would lead Clinton by 20 percentage points if coverage were honest. He said reports distorted his words and failed to show the size and enthusiasm of his rally crowds.

Trump focused particular criticism on The New York Times after it published an account of a struggling campaign. Anonymous associates described him as exhausted and frustrated, but Trump called the reporting fiction and denied telling advisers he would change. At a Connecticut rally, he suggested he might revoke the newspaper’s press credentials. His campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, also criticized coverage of Trump’s recent comments, saying it had overshadowed his economic plan. Those comments included a suggestion that Second Amendment supporters could “do something” if Clinton appointed liberal judges and his repeated false claim that President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State group. One editorial agreed that much of the media wanted Trump to lose, while observing that Republican nominees before him had faced similar opposition.

Trump’s campaign said he would use an upcoming Ohio speech to outline a foreign policy centered on defeating the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations, ending nation building and cooperating with countries that shared that goal. Aides said he would also propose withholding visas where adequate screening was impossible and introducing an ideological test for admission. Running mate Mike Pence promised more detail on security policy and defended Trump against criticism from Republican national security experts.

Clinton, meanwhile, prepared to campaign in Scranton, Pennsylvania, with Vice President Joe Biden. His office said he would portray Trump as unprepared for national security and argue that Clinton offered solutions for working families. Clinton’s campaign also launched a voter-registration effort tied to the anniversary of Obama’s protections for some young undocumented immigrants. Although those immigrants could not vote, organizers hoped they would help mobilize eligible Latino voters.

Separately, a New York Times investigation reported new details about Manafort’s work for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party and his ties to a network that Ukrainian investigators said had been used to loot assets and influence elections. The report drew further attention when Corey Lewandowski, whom Trump had fired as campaign manager after clashes with Manafort, shared it on Twitter.