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Samford president slams Communism as ‘failed system,’ touts commitment to free speech
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Yesterday, reports that a Young Americans for Freedom chapter was temporarily blocked at Samford University due to a statement of purpose...
Policymakers soft on illegal immigration bracing for hard times with Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
The thought of conservative immigration enforcement under Jeff Sessions as Attorney General is making some in the liberal D.C. establishment uneasy, according to a...
Alabama’s Secretary of State seeks to ease concern over voter fraud claims
Following a contentious November election, many voters are wary of the political theatrics that usually result from an election recount. Sensitivities are now running...
Samford University blocks conservative group for ‘inflammatory words’ towards communists
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An effort to form a Young Americans for Freedom chapter was recently blocked at Samford University because the group's founding document...
Powerful senator won’t allow attacks on Sessions’ character during confirmation process
WASHINGTON -- A senator who will wield significant influence in Sen. Jeff Sessions' upcoming attorney general confirmation process is pledging to keep Democrats from...
Alabama Rep. Martha Roby now ‘excited’ to work with Trump
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After un-endorsing him in the general election, Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) says she is ready and eager to work with President-Elect...
Like Jeff Sessions, some lawmakers angle for another coastal Senator
Just days after Donald Trump confirmed that he would tap Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as his Attorney General, the “race” for Senator Jeff...
Alabama’s Cuban-Americans celebrate ‘hope’ for the future after Castro’s death
Alabama's Cuban-American immigrants wouldn't say that they were celebrating the death of Cuba's communist dictator. Castro, who died on Friday at the age of...
Charles Barkley shouted down after defending police at race relations town hall
Former Auburn University and NBA basketball star Charles Barkley is again at the center of controversy surrounding race relations. This time, he's catching heat...
Don Siegelman holds out for “last hope” pardon from Obama
Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman likely just spent his last Thanksgiving in a federal prison. While a possible release date approaches in February, he...
Alabama AG Strange will run for Sessions’ Senate seat in ’18
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is the latest to express his desire for Sen. Jeff Sessions' Senate seat, albeit in a...
Obama’s Alabama-fought overtime rule gets blocked in court
A potentially damaging federal labor regulation proposed by the Obama Administration has just been blocked in court, thanks to Alabama and twenty other states...
McCutcheon: My Vision for the Alabama House
As the newly-elected Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, I thought it important to take a moment and let readers here know something...
Bentley seeks feedback on who he should appoint to succeed Sessions in Senate
It's been an unconventional election year, so perhaps it's only fitting that Governor Robert Bentley tap into an equally unusual method for considering his...
Rep. Byrne on senate seat: ‘You never say no to the governor if it’s a high calling like this’
Since Jeff Sessions was announced as part of Donald Trump’s upcoming administration, jockeying has already begun for the conservative senator’s seat. Though, at least...
Three conservative priorities could see action fast under Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Since Jeff Sessions was announced as president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, many have begun looking to the Alabama Republican for a glimpse...
The Real Jeff Sessions vs. The Media Myth
With the announcement that President-elect Trump was going to nominate Alabama’s own Senator Jeff Sessions, the hysteria from the far left has reached an...
Sessions broke the back of the KKK in Alabama. Now the media wants you to think he’s racist.
President-elect Donald J. Trump over the weekend nominated Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to serve as United States Attorney General, signaling that he is serious...
Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt wants Sessions’ Senate seat
WASHINTON, D.C. -- After Donald Trump's transition team announced plans to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to be the next U.S. Attorney General, the...
Gov. Bentley confirms he will not rehire former advisor Rebekah Mason
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- On Thursday, the Bentley Administration denied a recent rumor that it had rehired Rebekah Caldwell Mason, a former top advisor to...
Sen. Sessions confirms that Trump and Romney will meet
Following a heated presidential election, Mitt Romney and then-candidate Donald Trump exchanged barbs that exacerbated divisions within the GOP. Now that the election has...
Jeff Sessions likely to be tapped for US Attorney General
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is likely to be announced soon as President-elect Donald J. Trump's nominee to serve as Attorney General, according...
Fortress America (opinion)
For some time, I have been working on the draft of an opinion piece I loosely entitled “Fortress Alabama.” The impetus for the piece...
Bentley refuses to say if he’s rehired Mason: ‘I don’t think people care’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After speculation that Gov. Bentley's former advisor Rebekah Caldwell Mason could return to her previous post arose this week, Gov. Bentley...