7. While Europe suffers and they blame America, Huntsville’s Downtown Rescue Mission is offering 24/7 shelter with cool air, meals, showers, and clothing to help the homeless escape dangerous heat under a National Weather Service advisory with heat indexes up to 109 degrees.

6. An anonymous Alabaster man won $1 million on a $30 Millionaire Maker scratch-off ticket purchased at a store in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and plans to split the winnings with family.

5. State Rep. Craig Lipscomb (R-Gadsden) called Alabama’s America 250 pavilion display in Washington, D.C., among the weakest of all states and territories, criticizing its basic easels, peanuts, and foam golf balls while urging a quick fix to show a stronger showcase of the state’s strengths.

4. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that President Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook, but in a separate decision, it overturned the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor precedent to give the president greater power to remove officials from other federal agencies.

3. In the lawsuit challenging the eligibility of Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) to run for governor over the seven-year residency requirement, a Montgomery County judge heard arguments on jurisdiction but she believes the Alabama Supreme Court will have the final say, with Tuberville’s campaign dismissing this as desperations by Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person and who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again.

2. The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if received within five days, prompting U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) to call for Congress to pass the SAVE Act to secure elections.

1. The United States and Iran are hoping to continue some form of talks this week in Qatar on an interim deal covering the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear issues amid mixed messages and a stand-down on strikes, while oil prices continue dropping sharply with Brent crude on track for a roughly 20 percent decline this month.

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