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Here’s where the day stands so far:

• Donald Trump again defended his supporters who swarmed a Biden campaign bus on a Texas highway, as the FBI announced it was investigating the Friday incident. “They did nothing wrong,” Trump said in a tweet. “But the ANTIFA Anarchists, Rioters and Looters, who have caused so much harm and destruction in Democrat run cities, are being seriously looked at!”
• Biden and Trump are holding campaign rallies in key swing states on the final day before election day. Biden just wrapped up a drive-in rally in Cleveland, Ohio, where the Democratic nominee criticized Trump for suggesting he would fire Dr Anthony Fauci. “I’ve got a better idea,” Biden said. “Elect me and I’m going to hire Dr Fauci. And we’re going to fire Donald Trump.”
• A Monmouth University poll found Biden has a 5- to 7-point lead among Pennsylvania’s likely voters, depending on the level of voter turnout. Both campaigns see Pennsylvania as the potential tipping point state in the presidential race, and both nominees will be there today.

The blog will have more coming up, so stay tuned.

Donald Trump concluded his North Carolina rally by encouraging his supporters — and only his supporters — to get out and vote tomorrow.

“Tomorrow you have the power to do so much for our country. You have the power to vote,” Trump said. “So go out and vote — unless you’re going to vote for somebody other than me, in which case, sit it out.”

The president then mocked politicians who encourage all Americans to vote regardless of who they are supporting.

“They’re such liars,” Trump said.

With that, the president concluded his first of five campaign rallies today. His next stop is Scranton, Pennsylvania.

During his North Carolina rally, Donald Trump also complained about freedom of the press, a constitutional right enshrined in the First Amendment.

“We have suppression by the press. That’s what it is,” Trump said. “This is not freedom. … It’s the exact opposite of freedom of the press.”

Complaining about his press coverage has been a hallmark of Trump’s presidency, and those gripes have intensified since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Donald Trump’s speech in North Carolina has focused on gripes about his polling numbers, the press and social media.

The president complained that Twitter’s trending topics are always “boring” and focused on him, instead of exciting things like “scandals” and “affairs.”

The president also expressed frustration that his accusations of corruption against Hunter Biden did not appear to be resonating.

“You can’t have a scandal if nobody writes about it,” Trump said.

Joe Biden is closing his presidential campaign in much the same manner that he started it: by arguing this election represents a “battle for the soul of the nation.”

“The character of America is literally on the ballot,” the Democratic nominee said at his drive-in rally in Cleveland. “It’s time to take back our democracy.”

With a final request for everyone to vote, Biden concluded his last Ohio campaign event of the 2020 election cycle. He will now head to the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are both holding rallies in swing states right now, and the two events provide quite the split-screen experience.

In Cleveland, Biden criticized Trump for entertaining the idea of firing Dr Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Last night Trump said he was going to fire Dr Fauci. Isn’t that wonderful?” Biden asked sarcastically.

“I’ve got a better idea,” the Democratic nominee said. “Elect me and I’m going to hire Dr Fauci. And we’re going to fire Donald Trump.”

Meanwhile, at his North Carolina rally, Trump complained about his numbers in Fox News polls and rattled off a list of his favorite Fox News hosts — including Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Lou Dobbs.

As Donald Trump addresses supporters in North Carolina, Joe Biden is speaking at a drive-in rally in Cleveland, Ohio.

Biden said he came to the swing state of Ohio, which Trump won by 8 points in 2016, at the urging of Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.

“So when Sherrod tells me to come to Ohio the day before, I come to Ohio,” Biden said.

“Ohio, one more day. One more day!” the Democratic nominee added. “Tomorrow we have an opportunity to put an end to a presidency that’s divided this nation.

With one day left until election day, Biden sounded an optimistic note about his chances of victory tomorrow.

“It’s time for Donald Trump to pack his bags and go home,” Biden said. “We’re done. We’re done with the chaos.”

Donald Trump has started speaking at his rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, his first of five campaign rallies on the final day before election day.

The president was supposed to hold his rally in Fayetteville last Thursday, but the event was postponed due to weather concerns.

“Tomorrow we are going to win this state, and we are going to win four more years,” the president told the rally crowd.

Trump’s visit to North Carolina comes as polls show Joe Biden pulling ahead in the swing state by an average of about 2 points, according to FiveThirtyEight.

Kamala Harris has arrived in Pennsylvania, where she will be barnstorming on the final day before election day.

As she arrived in the Keystone State, Harris was asked about Donald Trump’s efforts to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the election.

“I honestly believe that he’s doing it to distract from the fact that he actually has no record to run on,” Harris said.

She added, “I said this many times: we have witnessed the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of America.”

When asked what she and Joe Biden will do if there is not a clear winner tomorrow night, Harris replied, “The plan is for the next, I don’t know how many hours we have left, to remind everyone of what’s at stake and to make sure that everyone votes.”

The vice-presidential nominee said, “That is where I am focused. That’s why I’m here in Pennsylvania.”

The justice department is sending staffers to 18 states tomorrow for “voting rights monitoring in jurisdictions around the country.”

“Federal law entrusts the Civil Rights Division with protecting the right to vote for all Americans,” said Eric S Dreiband, assistant attorney general for the civil rights division.

“Our federal laws protect the right of all American citizens to vote without suffering discrimination, intimidation, and harassment. The work of the Civil Rights Division around each federal general election is a continuation of its historical mission to ensure that all of our citizens can freely exercise this most fundamental American right.”

It’s important to remember this is standard for the justice department during US elections, as the Guardian’s Sam Levine notes: