Live updates: Trump returns to deep-red South with Georgia visit; Zacharia faces scrutiny

President Trump travels Friday to Georgia, for another stop on his red state campaigning sweep.

After visits to Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky over the past few weeks, he plans to make his way back to the South, where he’s slated to speak to voters Friday afternoon in Dalton, Ga.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is joining Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for the second day of a multicity campaigning effort throughout Michigan as he gears up to face off against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) on Election Day.

The New York lawmaker was an early supporter of El-Sayed this election season, also campaigning for him ahead of Michigan’s Democratic primary this summer.

Vice President Vance has also been in Michigan this week, setting up a split screen of potential 2028 candidates. Read more in the Morning Report .

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia did a number of interviews on Thursday. Her admission that she failed the California bar exam, the results of which she says were “inconsequential,” continue to draw attention .