7. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in a hard-fought game in Athens, getting back in the mix for the college football playoff conversation with a strong performance.

6. The Republican governor of Missouri signed a congressional redistricting map into law, aiming to bolster GOP seats in the 2026 midterms by potentially helping the GOP pick up one seat in the House.

5. Gov. Kay Ivey says she will decline to call a special session to redraw Alabama’s Senate map, drawing a majority-black district in Montgomery while awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

4. U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) spoke on some hot-button political issues when he questioned if the GOP would push for Epstein file release if Obama were involved, even though many in the GOP pushed for this information for years, and announced that he opposed the National Guard being deployed to Alabama or anywhere else.

3. A shooter opened fire at an LDS congregation in Michigan, killing 4 and injuring multiple people before being killed by police. Now, people are trying to figure out his motives and noting a Trump sign on his property with a stop sign affixed to it.

2. Oregon filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, “where protests are occurring or likely to occur,” citing overreach and declaring that the non-stop attacks on the federal building there to be a non-issue..

1. U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) says there is a 90% chance of a government shutdown at this point and the public will blame Democrats if a shutdown goes down Wednesday.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.