7. U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) expressed intense anger over a last-minute Senate provision in the government funding bill enabling U.S. senators, including Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), to sue over being spied on by the FBI during the Biden administration and vowed to repeal it.
6. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Nori Thai and Sushi restaurant in Birmingham detained multiple employees during lunchtime, prompting the owners to whine about losing their illegal staff to sympathetic ears at aldotcom; the dining room is closed indefinitely while resuming limited takeout and delivery amid more than 2,500 immigration-related arrests in the state this year.
5. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins declared that every SNAP recipient nationwide must reapply for benefits following the discovery of a lot of fraud, including some dead folks and double-dippers across 29 Republican-led states and a bevy of TikTok videos of people bragging about their benefits, potentially stripping benefits from millions and increasing state administrative costs.
4. Alabama radio legend and ESPN broadcaster Paul Finebaum is rumored to enter Alabama’s U.S. Senate race for the seat vacated by Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn). According to Fox News, Finebaum is facing GOP backlash as a “Trump-hating RINO” with a focus on comments on the COVID-era, social justice, and Trump’s immaturity.
3. U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Montgomery) lambasted Democratic Senate leadership for aligning with Republicans to pass the government funding bill and end the shutdown, citing their lack of resolve and calling them “porch puppies” rather than the “big dogs” needed to champion priorities such as affordable healthcare after weeks of partisan standoff.
2. Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files, but not THE “Epstein Files,” including over 2,300 emails and texts from 2008 to 2019, expose Epstein’s lingering resentment toward former friend Donald Trump through gossipy jabs calling him a maniac who knew about underage girls and may have turned him in; plus they show Epstein influencing Democratic Del. Stacey Plaskett’s questions during a 2019 House hearing on Trump via real-time texting.
1. President Donald Trump is now urging House Republicans to vote for a bill compelling the Justice Department to release the “Epstein Files” saying he has “nothing to hide,” as inevitability was kicking in with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) acknowledging strong GOP support for U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) advancing a discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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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.
