Live updates: Trump brings red state blitz to Alabama; Vance plans Alaska campaign trip

President Trump will hold a midterm rally in Mobile, Ala., Friday evening after making similar appearances in Oklahoma and Texas just the day prior.

It’s the latest stop in Trump’s multiday campaign blitz as Republicans are locked in close races ahead of November’s midterms — and both the president’s and his party’s approval ratings have slid. He is set to speak in Mobile, split between two congressional districts that Decision Desk HQ projects will lean in the GOP’s favor, at 7 p.m. EDT.

On Friday, the Republican National Committee announced Vice President Vance would head Monday to Fairbanks, Alaska, on a campaign swing. Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R) is locked in a tough reelection fight with former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) and Democrat Dan J. Sullivan.

As diesel prices soar, Trump announced Friday that Europe will release diesel from its stocks.

The September jobs report out Friday morning revealed the economy added 29,000 jobs — far fewer than expected — and the unemployment rate nudged up to 4.2 percent.

Late Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor in the Cornell sexual assault case. Hochul stopped short on Friday of calling for the resignations of the president of Cornell University or the local prosecutor, though she called the school’s handling of the incident “a failure.”