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Alabama lawmaker: Well armed, well trained women are sexual predators’ worst nightmare

Cliff Sims -
BESSEMER, Ala. -- With reported sexual assaults on the rise nationally, one Alabama lawmaker has some advice for young women: arm yourselves. "Well armed and...

College Democrats leader calls for UA to ‘disinvite’ controversial gay conservative speaker

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A University of Alabama College Democrats leader is calling for the school to disinvite controversial gay conservative Milo Yiannopoulos, who the...

Three Alabama lawmakers to participate in simulated Convention of States

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MONTGOMERY, Al. -- Three Alabama state legislators will form the Yellowhammer State's delegation to a simulated Convention of States designed to highlight needed amendments...

Sessions: Clinton knew thousands of criminal aliens were being released, did nothing

Sen. Jeff Sessions -
Federal records show that from 2008 to 2014, nearly 13,000 criminal aliens who had been ordered deported were released back onto our streets because...

Byrne: Quit putting terrorists back on the battlefield, keep Gitmo open

U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne -
Obaidullah is an al Qaeda terrorist operative. He specializes in the creation of improvised explosive devices (IED), which are manmade bombs that have wreaked...

After Obama sent cash to Iran, Alabama rep. pushes bill to ‘prohibit future ransom payments’

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WASHINGTON -- Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) this week helped pass the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act out of the House Foreign Relations...

Alabama GOP congressmen vote to keep terrorists in Gitmo, Sewell votes against

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WASHINGTON -- The six Republican members of Alabama's congressional delegation on Thursday voted to block the Obama administration's attempts to transfer prisoners and close the prison...

Good news, Alabama vets: Bill making it easier to fire bad VA employees passes House

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WASHINGTON -- The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would make it easier to fire poor performing VA employees and...

Legend of Shorty Price: The Alabama politician who mooned Vols fans & took on George Wallace

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There are a lot of words that could describe the current state of Alabama politics -- depressing, infuriating, exasperating -- but "entertaining" hasn't come...

NAACP sues Alabama because voters elected all white judges to the state’s top courts

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The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP is representing four black voters in a lawsuit against the State of Alabama, claiming that Alabama voters'...

Sessions: Obama ignores security concerns, plans influx of refugees from terrorist hotbeds

Sen. Jeff Sessions -
Despite opposition by the American people, a documented link between terrorism and individuals admitted to the United States as refugees, and over $19 trillion...

Navy SEAL in Alabama goes off when asked about Hillary, Kaepernick: They’re ‘worthless’ (Audio)

Walker Miller -
Retired Navy SEAL Jeremiah Patrick is not one to mince words, and he did not hold back during a recent interview on Yellowhammer Radio. Patrick...

Controversial gay conservative banned from Twitter to speak at University of Alabama

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(Video above: Milo Yiannopoulos contends that "black lives don't matter to Black Lives Matter.") TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Milo Yiannopoulos, the senior editor of Breitbart News...

Alabama Medal of Honor recipient endorses Trump. Here’s his legendary story.

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NEW YORK -- Fourteen Medal of Honor recipients endorsed Donald J. Trump for president on Monday, the campaign announced, including Alabama's own US Army...

Alabama congressman on Clinton’s health: ‘If lying were a disease, she’d be terminal’

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WASHINGTON -- Alabama congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) on Monday expressed "serious doubts" about the Clinton campaign's truthfulness regarding the former secretary of state's health. During...

‘Treason!’ Alabama Rep. unloads after court blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal appeals court has ruled that would-be voters in Alabama will not be required to show proof of U.S. citizenship...

NEVER FORGET: Alabama leaders recall where they were on 9/11/2001

Cliff Sims -
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I was sitting in my high school U.S. government class when a school administrator burst through the classroom door, startling...

Alabama in the running for ‘the military’s most cutting-edge war machine’

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WASHINGTON -- The United States Air Force is currently discussing where to assign the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and one Alabama congressman is...

Federal audit alleges Alabama owes DHS $100M+ for Medicaid mismanagement

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Federal audits of Alabama's Medicaid Agency assert the state overcharged the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHS) to the...

Alabama congressman to Speaker Paul Ryan: Bring Fair Tax to a vote

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(Video above: Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) speaks in favor of the Fair Tax) Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Thursday urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to...

Shelby sounds alarm: Obama could cede control of Internet to ‘authoritarian countries’

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Thursday sounded the alarm that the Obama administration is quietly maneuvering to relinquish the United States' oversight...

Scalia’s successor on Supreme Court could decide whether Alabama’s voter ID law survives

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Iconic conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's untimely death earlier this year has left the High Court split 4-4 on many contentious issues, increasing...

Under which party do financial markets perform the best? Here’s what history shows.

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After Bentley’s failed lottery push, legislature taps BP Oil Spill money as short-term funding fix

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama legislature concluded a whirlwind special session on Wednesday after the House and Senate finally reached an agreement on a...
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