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Byrne leads fundraising in Alabama’s GOP Senate primary
Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) led second quarter fundraising for Alabama's 2020 U.S. Senate Republican primary, per numbers provided to Yellowhammer News on Thursday. Byrne...
Jones: Trump in ‘contempt’ of court on census citizenship question
Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is doubling down on his opposition to a citizenship question being asked on the 2020 U.S. Census.
Alabama's junior senator previously...
Tuberville, Mooney release Q2 fundraising numbers
Second quarter fundraising numbers are starting to come in from the leading candidates facing off in Alabama's 2020 U.S. Senate Republican primary.
While all of...
National media attacks Mitch McConnell over great-great-grandfathers owning slaves in Alabama
NBC News on Monday raised eyebrows with a bizarre report seemingly intended to damage Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a native of the...
Watch: Doug Jones vows to oppose hypothetical future Trump Supreme Court nominee
In a newly released video, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) can be seen promising to do "everything" in his power to stop a hypothetical future...
Russians coming to Alabama for Planned Parenthood, abortion benefit
A controversial Russian band known worldwide for their radical activism will perform in Birmingham this week to benefit Planned Parenthood and a local abortion...
Brooks: Kaepernick ‘ought to consider’ leaving U.S., ‘patriots’ should boycott ‘companies like Nike if they are embarrassed’ of America
Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) is calling on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick to leave the country if he hates America so much, saying he...
Merrill backs Trump, Alabama push to count only citizens in census — ‘There are two congressional districts in California that shouldn’t even exist’
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on Thursday submitted a letter to the Trump administration expressing his support of the president's push to include...
Tuskegee Airman: America not perfect but it was, still is worth fighting for – ‘God’ was ‘my co-pilot’
Harry Stewart, a Tuskegee Airman who served in WWII, was born on Independence Day 95-years ago. As he celebrates the birth of both himself...
Doug Jones: D.C.’s planned July 4 parade ‘very, very unfortunate’
In an interview on a Washington, D.C. radio show, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday said he was "very proud" of his record in...
SCOTUS will hear Alabama-backed bid to end Obama’s DACA program
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an Alabama-backed bid by the Trump administration to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
Merrill dismisses claims of conflict of interest in running for U.S. Senate while serving as Alabama Secretary of State
Last week after Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced he would be seeking the 2020 Republican U.S. Senatorial nomination, some questioned whether or...
Palmer moves to end ‘cover up’ of ‘true numbers of innocent lives lost by abortion’
Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) is moving to mandate accurate reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
Palmer, along with...
SCOTUS declines to hear Alabama’s appeal of struck-down dismemberment abortion ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up Alabama's appeal to reinstate a state law banning dismemberment abortion, which is the most...
Jones touts his Kavanaugh opposition: ‘The people in Alabama, voters, didn’t do the due diligence I did’
Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is proudly defending his record of voting against many of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, including his opposition to Supreme...
Shelby applauds Senate passage of critical national defense act with provisions benefitting Alabama
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 86 – 8, prompting Senator Richard...
Shelby-negotiated bill passes Senate that would give Trump additional $4.59 billion to combat border crisis
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill chiefly negotiated by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) that will provide much-needed funding for the security...
Sewell: Trump administration lying about justification for auto tariffs
Representative Terri Sewell (AL-07) on Tuesday released a statement saying the Trump administration is not being truthful about automotive industry imports posing a threat...
Poll: Roy Moore hemorrhaged support after Trumps came out against him
A new poll released on Wednesday shows that Roy Moore is in third place in Alabama's 2020 Republican U.S. Senate primary race and in...
Brooks: Dems ‘reward illegal aliens whose first step on American soil is to spit on our Constitution’
Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Tuesday showed once again why he is known as one of the nation's leading border security advocates, coming out...
Byrne: ‘We need to stand up for people of faith who are under attack in America today’
Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Tuesday delivered an impassioned defense of religious freedom, calling out efforts by congressional Democrats to strip the God-given,...
Merrill officially running for Senate — ‘It’s time for us to stand up’
MONTGOMERY -- In front of approximately 150 cheering friends, family and supporters on the south steps of the Alabama State Capitol, Secretary of State...
Nathan Lindsay joining governor’s office from BCA
Another high profile staffer from the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) is joining Governor Kay Ivey's senior level team.
The governor on Monday announced that...
Mo Brooks: ‘Great senator’ Jeff Sessions would lead the polls if he ran in 2020
In an interview on WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show" on Friday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) gave his thoughts on the ongoing Republican 2020 U.S....