7 Things: U.S./China trade truce extended, Doug Jones may not be a furry, and more…

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September 24, 2026

7. President Donald Trump will be in Knoxville on Saturday for No. 1 Texas at No. 14 Tennessee, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he has been talking with Trump about coming to Baton Rouge for Alabama-LSU on November 7.

6. At least six hospitals agreed to stop gender-transition treatment for minors and pay fines to end a Justice Department probe, Attorney General Todd Blanche says hospitals that “target children in these practices and then fraudulently obtain payment” will be held to account, as Concerned Women for America said trans athletes have “stolen” 2,293 gold medals and $501,498 in prize money.

5. The Alabama media has completely ignored that Alabama State Senate District 2 Democrat nominee Rudolph Drake was under a 2022 Florida final injunction for protection against stalking after a judge found his ex-girlfriend was a victim and ordered him to stay away from her, her workplace, residence, and vehicle.

4. One of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted murder fugitives, Ernest Christopher Nathan, shot a U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force officer in Pine Hill while a warrant was served, he then died when fire was returned, ALEA saying, “Upon arrival, an Officer assigned to the GCRTF was struck by gunfire,” and the wounded officer is expected to make a full recovery.

3. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to restore press credentials for POLITICO, CNN, and MS NOW after President Donald Trump revoked them, writing he is “skeptical” national security was “the actual motivation,” while the media continued, former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta whined, “This is aimed at three specific news organizations, and we just can’t allow that to happen. ”

2. 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, who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, and loves crushing ice cream sandwiches, called Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) Senate floor speech on furries and airline pilots “the strangest speech on the floor of the United States Senate that I have ever heard” and “absolutely unbecoming of a United States Senator” but he stopped short in announcing that he is a furry himself or if he supports the furry community.

1. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a two-day summit with President Donald Trump that began with the United States and China extending their trade truce once again, which “allows the nations to continue negotiating on key economic issues.”

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