Live updates: Trump to travel to Texas and Oklahoma

The president will visit a truck factory outside Dallas this afternoon before holding a rally for GOP candidates in Oklahoma tonight.

Trump will hold a rally in Oklahoma for Republican candidates later today. Yuri Gripas / Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Senate confirmed Keith Sonderling’s nomination to lead the Labor Department on a 47-41 vote along party lines last night.

Sonderling had been serving in an acting capacity since April, when Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid a misconduct probe. Sonderling had served in several roles at the department before Trump nominated him in June.

The vote was the Senate’s final one before the Nov. 3 midterms. It is scheduled to return Nov. 9.

Sen. Jon Husted, who faces a tricky path to keep his seat this fall in Ohio, is about to get another boost from national Republicans.

Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is pouring another $14 million into the state, according to details shared first with NBC News.

The White House removed CNN from the press pool that’s set to cover a trip by Trump today, escalating a feud with the cable network after a federal judge blocked the administration’s…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health