7. Redstone Arsenal suspended its Trusted Travelers Program amid a security crackdown under threat level BRAVO due to U.S. and Israeli bombings in Iran, now requiring all entrants, including DoD ID holders, to undergo ID checks at gates for at least 30 days, likely slowing traffic and recommending extra time, with similar measures at Maxwell Air Force Base, Fort Rucker, and other installations.
6. State Rep. James Lomax (R-Huntsville) filed a bill to allow Alabama workers a state income tax deduction of up to $1,000 on qualified overtime pay, aiming to provide relief for working families and align with the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump in 2025.
5. Huntsville City Council plans a public hearing for new regulations treating stand-alone consumable hemp retail stores like package liquor stores, restricting them to specific zoning districts with distance requirements from neighborhoods, schools, and churches.
4. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee released videos of former President Bill Clinton and never-going-to-be President Hillary Clinton’s closed-door depositions where President Clinton said, “There was nothing that I saw when I was around him that made me realize that he was trafficking women,” adding, “I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,” he also absolved President Donald Trump as well, “He, the president, never — this is 20-something years ago — never said anything to me to make me think he was involved with anything improper with regard to Epstein.”
3. U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) supported President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury strikes on Iran, criticizing congressional leaks and stating that if the entire Congress had been briefed, some members would have warned Iranians, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained notifying only the Gang of 8 and leadership, not all 535 members, due to no legal requirement.
2. Alabama’s Republican delegation, including Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), and Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), and Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) continue to rally behind U.S. strikes killing Ayatollah Khamenei, praising decisive action against terrorism, while Democrats U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) criticized the lack of congressional approval.
1. The Iran-Israel conflict escalated in 72+ hours, with U.S.-Israeli strikes prompting Iranian retaliation threatening 300 million civilians across the Mideast, including indiscriminate Gulf of Oman attacks hitting a regime-tied shadow tanker injuring crew, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) predicted U.S. failure and planned a War Powers Resolution to constrain President Donald Trump, but a select few Democrats support the attacks on Iran.
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