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Clinton’s secret meeting with Obama’s AG was exposed by a former Bama football player

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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- On Monday, June 27th, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was preparing to depart from a Phoenix, Arizona, airport on a government...

Former Alabama House Speaker sentenced to four years in prison

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OPELIKA, Ala. -- Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) has been sentenced to prison. Circuit Judge Jacob Walker ruled today that Hubbard will...

Sessions’ ‘Thin Blue Line Act’ would enforce harsher penalties on criminals targeting cops

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WASHINGTON -- Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has partnered with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to introduce the Thin Blue Line Act, which would enforce harsher penalties on individuals...

Team Trump seeks help to keep ‘elites’ from dominating Alabama’s RNC delegation

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Trump delegates to this month's Republican National Convention are raising money in an effort to make sure the "regular folks" who...

Shelby, Sessions team up to block feds from housing illegal aliens at south Alabama base

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WASHINGTON -- Alabama's U.S. Senators teamed up Wednesday in an attempt to block the Obama administration's plan to house illegal alien juveniles at...

DEVELOPING: Alabama’s most conservative lawmaker is running for Speaker of the House

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ENTERPRISE, Ala. -- The state representative Yellowhammer ranked as "Alabama's most conservative legislator" has thrown his hat in the ring to become the next...

Feds move to squash Alabama’s effort to block Syrian refugee resettlement

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After dismissing a similar effort from Texas, the Federal Government is now taking efforts to block Alabama's lawsuit that would prevent...

Shelby, Sessions push to defund sanctuary cities

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One year ago last Friday, American citizen Kathryn Steinle was killed in San Francisco by an illegal alien and Alabama's Senators...

Alabama on pace to collect record taxes, revenue commissioner says it’s still not enough

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The State of Alabama is on pace to collect a record amount of taxes this year, according the Revenue Department, but...

Shelby unleashes fury on Dept. of Justice: ‘Hillary Clinton is not above the law!’

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WASHINGTON – In response to FBI Director James Comey's press conference regarding Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) sent a...

Prosecutors: Hubbard should serve a year in prison for each year he was Alabama House Speaker

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OPELIKA, Ala. -- State prosecutors are recommending convicted former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard serve one year in prison for each year he was...

Before they were close allies, Trump donated to Sessions’ Democratic opponent

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump and longtime conservative U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) are close allies these days, with Sessions often mentioned...

Byrne: Pentagon now has a transgender troops policy but no strategy to defeat ISIS

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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon on Thursday lifted the ban on transgender troops openly serving in the United States military, prompting a fiery response from...

This Alabama newspaper column on immigration from 1893 will blow your mind

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Immigration has been perhaps the most discussed public policy issue of the 2016 election cycle, with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton proposing to...

Alabama economists predict Brexit could ultimately benefit state’s real estate markets

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The United Kingdom’s historic referendum to exit the European Union last week sparked worldwide reaction. It is safe to say that world markets did not...

Roby backs Trump but offers him some advice: Act ‘more presidential’

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In an interview with The Montgomery Advertiser on Wednesday, Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) declared her support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee...

Sessions: Clinton immigration plan deliberately prioritizes foreign students over American grads

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) took a swipe at presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, calling one of her proposed...

Roby: Benghazi report shows U.S. government ‘failed its people and lied to the public’

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(Video above: Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) discusses Benghazi Committee's report) WASHINGTON -- A report two years in the making on the 2011 terrorist attack in...

Benghazi report crafted with Alabamian’s help exposes failures, coverups

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, including Alabama's own Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2), have concluded their two-year investigation and released...

Alabama congressman lays out how to stop Obama’s executive branch from cooking the books

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to conservatives' long-held belief that the Obama administration is abusing executive power, one Alabama congressman has decided to launch...

Sessions-led committee estimates Hillary’s refugee plan would cost a jaw-dropping $400B

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton has a plan to relocate global refugees to the United States, and it does not...

The U.S. Supreme Court just revived Alabama’s dying abortion industry

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WASHINGTON -- With a single ruling, the United States Supreme Court may have given the abortion industry an opportunity for a resurgence in Alabama,...

While Alabama was pushing tax hikes, Tennessee cut taxes and had a revenue boom

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NASHVILLE, Ten. -- Besides the scandals engulfing each of Alabama's three branches of government, the issue of tax hikes has dominated the state's political...

In the wake of Brexit, Alabama congressman wants U.S. to exit U.N.

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WASHINGTON -- The pro-nationalist, anti-globalist sentiment is spreading in the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union (EU), and...
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