7. ALFA (the Alabama Farmers Federation) has endorsed Katherine Robertson for attorney general; she is the chief counsel to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who is running for the U.S. Senate. The ALFA endorsement is a pretty big deal in this race.

6. Alabama improved its ranking as part of the Area Development’s 2025 “Top States for Business,” and the state also has a top-five ranking for incentive programs

5. Hamas doesn’t seem to be keen on President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza and is rejecting key terms, despite support from multiple Arab countries and even some Hamas allies.

4. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) took aim at and denounced Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies in liberal cities, while Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry asked for the National Guard to be deployed to New Orleans to deal with that city’s crime problem, signaling a growing support for the initiative.

3. Attorney General Steve Marshall welcomed sports radio legend Paul Finebaum to the U.S. Senate race by noting that Alabama voters will get a chance to see all of Finebaum’s previous remarks about President Donald Trump, including when Finebaum said Trump was “acting like a child” during the NFL kneeling protests.

2. The Trump administration continues to try to navigate the ongoing government shutdown after the Senate failed to pass the exact two short-term funding bills that already failed; now the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought has said the government will start layoffs in “one to two” days.

1. Alabama U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) continued to blame Democrats for a government shutdown, citing the more than $1.5 trillion Democrats want to spend (including spending on illegals’ healthcare), while the impact on Alabama’s military installations starts to take hold.

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