7. President Donald Trump congratulated the U.S. men’s hockey team on their gold medal win at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, expressing pride in their 2-1 overtime victory against Canada, while FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated in the locker room with the team, defending his presence as part of official duties despite whining from the media.
6. State Rep. Donna Givens (R-Loxley) touted the success of baby boxes in Baldwin County, noting 15 infants surrendered since 2024 including 10 in 2025 with no prosecutions, praising the program’s role in providing safe alternatives for desperate mothers and encouraging more installations statewide.
5. More small-town Alabama police departments are signing ICE 287(g) partnerships to deputize officers for immigration enforcement, allowing them to identify, process, and detain illegal immigrants encountered during routine duties, with recent sign-ups including departments in Baldwin, Cullman, and other counties, as part of a broader push to enhance public safety and remove criminal aliens from our communities.
4. Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old artist from North Carolina known for “bleak watercolors and black and white sketches” of golf courses, and may have been motivated by the Epstein “cover-up,” was identified as the shotgun-wielding man who breached Mar-a-Lago’s perimeter and was fatally shot by Secret Service agents and a deputy after raising the weapon, with a gas can and shotgun box found nearby.
3. Candidate for Attorney General Katherine Robertson argued that Republicans like State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road) and State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) aim to save Montgomery by allowing state intervention in understaffed police departments, citing critical shortages making recruitment difficult, while Democrats like State Sen. Kirk Hatcher (D-Montgomery) and Mayor Steven Reed insist the city does not need state help, preferring local control and arguing more officers do not reduce crime.
2. A new U.S. military-led task force aided Mexico’s raid that killed CJNG leader El Mencho, with forces seizing rocket launchers highlighting the cartel’s superior firepower that outguns police, prompting U.S. State Department warnings for Americans to shelter in place amid violent clashes and blockades in several Mexican states.
1. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) criticized the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs under IEEPA, with Tuberville saying it handcuffs the president from protecting American jobs voted for by 77 million, Britt praising the tariffs’ effectiveness kept by Biden, while Trump announced a new 10% 15% global tariff under different authority for 150 days, calling the ruling a disgrace and asserting his right to impose tariffs.
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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.
