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June 10, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) joined National Report on Newsmax. Britt warned of the ramifications of congressional inaction on the economy and the lives of ordinary Americans if Congress does not come together to pass a bill keeping the government funding and renewing the current federal income tax rates before they automatically expire next month. The House has already passed the first version of "The Big Beautiful Bill." The widely criticized first dr...
June 10, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) joined National Report on Newsmax to discuss the recent violent riots in Los Angeles targeting law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. The Republican Senator said that it is important to support law enforcement and this, "Lawlessness will not stand." "We have to make sure that our law enforcement officers are supported," said Senator Britt. 'Back the Blue' is not just a saying, it is a...
June 11, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL03), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke in favor of the SPEED Act at a hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Navy for Fiscal Year 2026. "Today we'll hear from the Department of the Navy regarding their FY26 budget request," said Chairman Rogers, "While I appreciate the budget documents received last week, we still lack the necessary details to fully evaluate how Congress can best s...
June 10, 2025 - BIRMINGHAM, AL – Katherine Robertson officially announced her candidacy for Attorney General of Alabama, to a packed out room at Regions Field in Birmingham, pledging to continue her lifelong commitment to keeping Alabama families safe, defending conservative values, and supporting President Trump's agenda. Robertson is poised to lead from day one, having served as Chief Counsel to Attorney General Steve Marshall for nearly a decade and having previously worked at the U.S. D...
June 11, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) attended a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health. Senator Britt, who has made maternal care a top legislative priority, began by highlighting America's maternal mortality crisis: "[F]ar t...
June 12, 2025 – MOBILE, AL – The "No Kings" protest movement in support of the L.A. protests are coming to Mobile. The Mobile Branch of the NAACP announced that it is deeply concerned about recent statements made by Mobile County Sheriff Burch (R), which, they claim if taken out of context, have the potential to incite violence within our communities. Mobile has had over 200 murders since 2020. Sheriff Burch remarked, "I wish we could put them all in an arena and let them kill the hell out of...
******UPDATED June 13,2025 ****** On June 13, the Dr. Nicole Jones Wadsworth campaign asked that we update this story with a statement from her campaign released to us on June 13. "Recent statements made by a former campaign staffer mischaracterized aspects of Nicole's background. In an effort to protect her, the staffer spoke without confirming key biographical details and shared inaccurate information. That individual has since departed the campaign, and his comments do not reflect the...
June 13, 2025 – A federal appeals court has sided with President Donald J. Trump (R) over control of the National Guard in California. Late on Thursday a federal district judge blocked President Trump's deployment of 2,000 National Guard to defend federal buildings and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents(ICE) agents against violent rioters. That order has been subsequently blocked. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked District Judge Charles Breyer's order that P...
June 13, 2025 – President Donald J. Trump (R) will turn 79 on Saturday. To announce their displeasure with the President and to protest raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on illegal aliens protest rallies are being held across the country – including here in Alabama. There are anti-Trump rallies planned for Huntsville, Mobile, Birmingham, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Auburn, Guntersville, Scottsboro, Jacksonville, Dadeville, and Selma. The group organizing this nat...
It was a tradition I grew up with. On the second Wednesday the typical Bible study and prayer time was laid aside for 45 minutes of hearing reports and making motions—the Baptist business meeting. Sometimes it would be tedious and sometimes boring and sometimes contentious. I was a teen-ager when one evening the treasurer announced he wanted to purchase membership in a new box store where customers could buy in bulk. “The membership is $8,” he said, “but we’ll save that much on the first tri...
June 12, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) criticized fellow Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) following an altercation between Padilla and the Secret Service. Sen. Padilla forced himself into a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Krisit Noem in which he charged Noem. The Secret Service responded by forcing Sen. Padilla to the ground and then handcuffing him. "You can't show up without your pin, refuse to announce yourself, and lunge at a cab...
June 15, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump (R) addressed the thousands of soldiers and spectators at the parade in Washington in observance of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Continental Army was created by the Continental Congress on June 15, 2025 - over a year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence - thus the army predates the country. "Thank you to the greatest fiercest and bravest fighting force ever to stride the face of thi...
June 15, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump's (R) "Big Beautiful Bill" would make tax cuts permanent for 80 percent of Americans, keep the government funded through the end of the fiscal year, and it would also finally Defund Planned Parenthood – the nation's largest abortion provider, which relies on tens of millions of dollars of subsidies from taxpayers to pay for its ongoing operations. On page 339 of the House version of the bill, Republicans included a provision that...
June 16, 2025 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Vance Luther Boelter has been apprehended in rural Minnesota. Boelter has been charged with shooting two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses this weekend went to the homes of at least two other Minnesota elected officials as he carried out the attacks, authorities said on Monday. Joseph H. Thompson is the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota. Vance said that Boelter disguised himself and his vehicle as a law enforcement officer during the a...
June 17, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator. To help launch his campaign Marshall has named Logan Glass of Chandler Mountain in St. Clair County as the State Director for his Senate campaign. Logan is the outgoing Chairman of the St. Clair County Young Republicans, a member of the Alabama Republican State Executive Committee, and a former Vice Chairman of the St. Clair County Republican Party. Glass rep...
June 17, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Chairman John Wahl said that the Fairhope Public Library which has expressly defied state policy on not putting sexually explicit or LGBTQ+ proselytizing literature in the children's sections of public libraries. Wahl released his statement in response to the Fairhope Library Board's decision the previous night to retain the majority of books challenged by parents for sexually explicit content in the library's youth...
June 21, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump (R) addressed the nation to announce that the U.S. has launched devastating attacks on three Iranian nuclear sites. The U.S. Air Force used B2 stealth bombers armed with bunker buster ordinance to penetrate the hardened bunkers protecting the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL03) is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "The President made the correct decision to strike Iran's n...
May 23, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald J. Trump (R) issued an executive order to reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Nuclear power does not require fossil fuels, does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and a typical reactor produces far more power than wind mills and takes a tiny fraction of the land area of solar farms. Unfortunately, hysteria after the Three Mile Island incident and the China Syndrome movie about a nuclear meltdown led to a general reluctance to...
May 28, 2025 -FULTONDALE, AL - Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson announced on Tuesday evening that he will run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The seat became open when U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) announced that he was running for Governor of Alabama. Hudson last ran four years ago for Sheriff of Jefferson County – ultimately losing to incumbent Sheriff Mark Pettway (D). Jared Hudson is a former Navy SEAL who has a business – The Shooting Institute – that trains law e...
May 21, 2025 – GUNTERSVILLE, AL – Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth (R) announced that he will not run for Governor in 2026. "After much prayer and many discussions with my family, friends, and supporters, I will not be a candidate for governor during the 2026 election cycle," Lt. Gov. Ainsworth said on social media. With Ainsworth out of the race, and rumors rampant that U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) will announce his campaign for Governor in coming days, it appears highly lik...
May 26, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Trump promised that he would end the Ukraine-Russia war on Day one of his presidency. President Donald J. Trump (R) has found it more difficult to settle than he had anticipated. On Sunday the President vented on Truth Social about the situation and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has gone absolutely CRAZY!" "I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him," said President Tru...
May 28, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) addressed the Central Section group of the Alabama Associated General Contractors at their regular meeting at the Montgomery Country Club on Wednesday. AG Marshall told the contractors that his office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and the Montgomery Sheriff's Department all stepped up to help stamp out crime in the troubled City of Montgomery. "We had crime problems here in Montgomery, very serious cri...
May 27, 2025 – AUBURN, AL – Alabama Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has resigned her position to accept a role in the Trump Administration as Alabama state director for Rural Development. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the appointment on Tuesday afternoon, "President Trump is putting Farmers First, and so is the incredible team we are building at the Department of Agriculture," said Secretary Rollins. "Our latest additions to the...
Those who follow a legend have a daunting task. Consider Joshua who followed Moses of whom it was said he knew God face-to-face! But Joshua had been a careful student learning from the mentor who instructed him. Joshua isn’t remembered as a lawgiver as Moses was. Not really a King John or Thomas Jefferson giving great legal documents, but more like Patton driving the German army out of North Africa. He would be the general who brought the people into the land of promise. Just before his death Jo...
May 27, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – All eyes in the Alabama political world are fixed on U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama). The popular former football coach is one of the most liked political figures in state history and would cruise to re-election if he decided to run for a second term in the Senate. Speculation is widespread in Montgomery however that Coach Tuberville will be announcing his decision to run for governor of the state of Alabama as early as today with an announcement exp...