<p>President Donald Trump was barnstorming in a last-ditch effort to keep Midwest states, while challenger Joe Biden was aiming to flip a Republican bastion as rage over police violence erupted anew.</p>.<p>Here is a look at what's happening in America's campaign on Tuesday, one week before November 3 Election Day:</p>.<p>Trump is down in the polls and has been hitting the road hard. On Tuesday he held rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska.</p>.<p>"I've got to say I'm working my ass off here!" he boomed in Lansing, Michigan, eliciting a huge cheer.</p>.<p>Trump carried all three in 2016 -- Michigan and Wisconsin were key to his shock victory -- but the RealClearPolitics average shows him behind by at least five points in each.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, First Lady Melania made her first campaign appearance in Pennsylvania -- another state Trump won four years ago but where Biden is leading the polls. She praised the president as a "fighter."</p>.<p>Trump's wife was due to visit Erie, Pennsylvania last week, but she opted not to travel, citing a "lingering cough" from her bout of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">coronavirus</a>.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/us-presidential-elections-2020" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates on the US Presidential Elections 2020, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>Biden campaigned in the once reliably Republican state of Georgia, first in the town of Warm Springs and then a socially distanced drive-in car rally in Atlanta.</p>.<p>In Warm Springs, he branded the White House response to the Covid-19 pandemic a "capitulation" and said Trump had "shrugged, he swaggered and he surrendered."</p>.<p>Polls have Trump running neck and neck with Biden in the Peach State.</p>.<p>Georgia last voted for a Democrat for president nearly 30 years ago -- Bill Clinton in 1992 -- but the Biden campaign has high hopes of flipping the state as the population skews younger and more diverse.</p>.<p>Obama was back stumping for his former vice president in Florida, telling a rally: "We got one week, Orlando. One week. One week until the most important election of our lifetimes."</p>.<p>Biden's running mate Senator Kamala Harris hit Nevada, which went for Hillary Clinton in 2016. There she told reporters she and Biden believe they have to "earn" votes.</p>.<p>Simmering rage over police killings of minorities erupted again late Tuesday, with protests in Philadelphia for the second night running, sparked by an officer's fatal shooting of a Black man.</p>.<p>Local media reported that two officers shot the man on Monday afternoon after he refused to drop a knife as his mother tried to restrain him, though his family questioned why lethal force was needed and said he suffered mental health issues.</p>.<p>His girlfriend was also wounded in the shooting. On Tuesday she challenged the official version of events and said she was filing for compensation.</p>.<p>Months of often-violent protests have rumbled across America this year, as outrage over the repeated killings boiled over.</p>.<p>Late Monday, during a night of sporadic riots and looting in the city with hundreds of protesters, around 30 police officers were injured, including one whose leg was broken when hit by a truck.</p>.<p>The candidates have pledged starkly different responses, with Trump vowing "law and order" crackdowns, while Biden has promised reforms to fight systemic injustices.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump was barnstorming in a last-ditch effort to keep Midwest states, while challenger Joe Biden was aiming to flip a Republican bastion as rage over police violence erupted anew.</p>.<p>Here is a look at what's happening in America's campaign on Tuesday, one week before November 3 Election Day:</p>.<p>Trump is down in the polls and has been hitting the road hard. On Tuesday he held rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska.</p>.<p>"I've got to say I'm working my ass off here!" he boomed in Lansing, Michigan, eliciting a huge cheer.</p>.<p>Trump carried all three in 2016 -- Michigan and Wisconsin were key to his shock victory -- but the RealClearPolitics average shows him behind by at least five points in each.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, First Lady Melania made her first campaign appearance in Pennsylvania -- another state Trump won four years ago but where Biden is leading the polls. She praised the president as a "fighter."</p>.<p>Trump's wife was due to visit Erie, Pennsylvania last week, but she opted not to travel, citing a "lingering cough" from her bout of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">coronavirus</a>.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/us-presidential-elections-2020" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates on the US Presidential Elections 2020, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>Biden campaigned in the once reliably Republican state of Georgia, first in the town of Warm Springs and then a socially distanced drive-in car rally in Atlanta.</p>.<p>In Warm Springs, he branded the White House response to the Covid-19 pandemic a "capitulation" and said Trump had "shrugged, he swaggered and he surrendered."</p>.<p>Polls have Trump running neck and neck with Biden in the Peach State.</p>.<p>Georgia last voted for a Democrat for president nearly 30 years ago -- Bill Clinton in 1992 -- but the Biden campaign has high hopes of flipping the state as the population skews younger and more diverse.</p>.<p>Obama was back stumping for his former vice president in Florida, telling a rally: "We got one week, Orlando. One week. One week until the most important election of our lifetimes."</p>.<p>Biden's running mate Senator Kamala Harris hit Nevada, which went for Hillary Clinton in 2016. There she told reporters she and Biden believe they have to "earn" votes.</p>.<p>Simmering rage over police killings of minorities erupted again late Tuesday, with protests in Philadelphia for the second night running, sparked by an officer's fatal shooting of a Black man.</p>.<p>Local media reported that two officers shot the man on Monday afternoon after he refused to drop a knife as his mother tried to restrain him, though his family questioned why lethal force was needed and said he suffered mental health issues.</p>.<p>His girlfriend was also wounded in the shooting. On Tuesday she challenged the official version of events and said she was filing for compensation.</p>.<p>Months of often-violent protests have rumbled across America this year, as outrage over the repeated killings boiled over.</p>.<p>Late Monday, during a night of sporadic riots and looting in the city with hundreds of protesters, around 30 police officers were injured, including one whose leg was broken when hit by a truck.</p>.<p>The candidates have pledged starkly different responses, with Trump vowing "law and order" crackdowns, while Biden has promised reforms to fight systemic injustices.</p>