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Sessions on SCOTUS immigration ruling: ‘Lawless’ Obama lost, the American people won

Sen. Jeff Sessions -
Today’s decision in United States v. Texas is not just a victory for Texas, Alabama, and a majority of the States in this great...

Supreme Court backs Sessions, strikes down Obama’s ‘executive amnesty’

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court on Thursday effectively struck down President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, which would have unilaterally granted...

Alabama talk radio host perfectly sums up absurdity of Democrats’ gun control meltdown (opinion)

Cliff Sims -
Birmingham-based talk radio host Leland Whaley took to Facebook on Thursday to lay out the absurdity of Congressional Democrats' publicity stunt aimed at forcing...

Alabama congresswoman pushes gun control with ‘sit-in’ on House floor

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL7) joined her Democratic colleagues on the House floor tuesday for a sit-in designed to force Republicans to...

MASS EXODUS: Teachers’ union membership plummets in Alabama

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A study from the Education Intelligence Agency revealed that union membership for Alabama teachers is down 31.6 percent over the last...

Why Alabamians’ grocery bills might plummet

Jordan LaPorta -
Alabama consumers have already been benefiting from the declining price of gasoline this summer. In fact, the price at the pump is down 36...

Alabama legislator: Bentley possibly breaking law by punishing impeachment supporters

Cliff Sims -
HARTSELLE, Ala. -- An Alabama lawmaker is accusing the Bentley administration of possibly breaking the law by directing counties to withhold infrastructure funding from...

Bentley: I know Alabamians better than anyone; they don’t care about impeachment

Jordan LaPorta -
Another of Governor Bentley's media availability sessions turned into a circus when he refused to answer questions about the ongoing effort to impeach him....

Sessions calls for hesitant GOP leaders to get on Trump Train: ‘Look at the election returns’

Jordan LaPorta -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) had a strong message of party unity on this week's edition of Fox News Sunday, where he...

Top Republicans in battleground states want Trump to consider Condi and Sessions for VP

Cliff Sims -
Influential Republicans in key battleground states are paying close attention to Donald J. Trump's pick for a vice presidential running mate, and two Alabamians...

Alabama citizens, representatives fight Obama’s attempt to house illegals on Alabama military bases

Jordan LaPorta -
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment brought by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) that would prohibit the Department of Defense from using...

Alabama Supreme Court Justice seeks to hold off suspension with federal lawsuit

Mitchell Kilpatrick -
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker has filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission to block his potential suspension...

Alabama political scandals get ‘The Daily Show’ treatment

Mitchell Kilpatrick -
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahGet More: The Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,The Daily Show Video Archive (Video above: The Daily Show...

Bentley’s lawyers: first term acts are off-limits for impeachment

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- In an effort to slow down the impeachment process, Governor Robert Bentley's attorneys are arguing that he cannot be impeached based...

Alabama Retirement Systems head David Bronner says Alabamians opposed to ObamaCare are ‘idiots’

Jordan LaPorta -
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Dr. David Bronner, head of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, has had some harsh words for Alabamians critical of Obamacare. Over...

SUCCESS: How Shelby blocked McCain from threatening Alabama jobs & national security

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) regarding the...

Auburn residents want convicted House Speaker’s name removed from the city and university

Mitchell Kilpatrick -
AUBURN, Ala. -- Before he was convicted on 12 felony ethics charges, Mike Hubbard used his position as Speaker of the House to support...

Alabama 2nd Amendment advocates urge state to follow Idaho’s lead, move to permitless concealed carry

Jordan LaPorta -
Before the Orlando tragedy on Sunday night, Idaho passed a law allowing its citizens ages 21 and older to concealed carry firearms without obtaining...

Alabama congressmen respond to attack: Obama ignores radical Islam, pushes gun control

Jordan LaPorta -
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Early Sunday morning, a 29-year-old man now identified as Omar Mateen killed 50 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist...

Alabama’s most powerful politician has fallen. Here’s what (and who) is next.

Cliff Sims -
Mike Hubbard was convicted on 12 felony public corruption charges late last week, immediately prompting his removal from office as Alabama’s Speaker of the...

Alabama House speaker Mike Hubbard convicted

Jordan LaPorta -
OPELIKA, Ala. -- Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) was convicted of 12 of 23 charges by a Lee County Jury in Opelika on...

Alabama congressman pushes back against Obama’s attempt to house illegals on Alabama military bases

Jordan LaPorta -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a scathing letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) and Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL) strongly...

Aderholt slams Michelle Obama’s gross, expensive school lunch program that is rolling back in Alabama

Jordan LaPorta -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The deeply unpopular school lunch program championed by Michelle Obama could be on its way out, but one Alabama Congressman had...

Palmer: solution to Puerto Rico crisis is fighting crony capitalism

Jordan LaPorta -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico is currently engulfed in a debt crisis that has some politicians on Capitol Hill calling...
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