Before boarding Marine One outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter to react to Tommy Tuberville winning Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Trump had endorsed Tuberville in the GOP runoff and reacted to the impressive victory on Tuesday night in a tweet right after the race was […]

Wednesday fresh off his Republican primary runoff victory a night earlier, former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville discussed his win over former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during an appearance on Birmingham radio’s “Alabama’s Morning News” on News Radio 105.5 WERC. Tuberville defeated Sessions by a wider-than-expected margin, remarkably picking up 64 of Alabama’s […]

7. Curbside alcohol sales extended The emergency order that authorizes to-go and curbside alcohol sales throughout Alabama has been extended by the Alabama ABC Board until September 15; the original order was supposed to expire Wednesday. The order was originally put in place when bars and restaurants were forced to close at the beginning of […]

MONTGOMERY — Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville decisively won Alabama’s GOP U.S. Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, and Republican officials quickly rallied around his candidacy after the race was called. With 100% of precincts reporting, Tuberville won 333,890 votes (60.74%) compared to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions receiving 215,831 votes (39.26%). […]

MONTGOMERY — Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday won Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff and will face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. Tuberville defeated former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to claim the GOP nomination. President Donald Trump had backed Tuberville in the race, strongly criticizing Sessions along […]

President Donald Trump on Monday evening held a telephone town hall with former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville ahead of Alabama’s primary runoff Election Day on Tuesday. Trump has endorsed Tuberville in the Republican U.S. Senate runoff against former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions was Trump’s first attorney general after being an […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Will Governor Kay Ivey consider a statewide mask ordinance as more municipalities adopt ordinances and pressure continues to mount? — Are parents going to feel safe sending their kids to school […]

For the past two-and-a-half years, Alabama has been at a decided disadvantage in the committee rooms, corridors and chambers of the U.S. Senate as only one of our senators has fulfilled his oath to faithfully represent the citizens he was elected to serve. Sen. Richard Shelby has done well by Alabama, and both our state […]

7. United States withdrawing from WHO President Donald Trump’s administration has officially given notice to the United Nation’s secretary-general that it will be withdrawing the nation from the World Health Organization (WHO). The decision was expected after Trump has criticized their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Many in Congress are criticizing Trump’s decision. U.S. Representative […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) hosted Dr. Anthony Fauci for a virtual event on Tuesday regarding the state of COVID-19 in Alabama and across the United States. The senator criticized the country’s response and President Donald Trump, while the health expert urged people to wear masks as he discussed the current state of the science […]

The saga surrounding an alleged noose found weeks ago at Talladega Superspeedway is apparently not over. The FBI swiftly investigated after NASCAR announced that a noose had been discovered in the garage of Mobile-native Bubba Wallace, the only full-time black driver in NASCAR’s top series. The investigation revealed the noose had been there since at […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) has a big-name special guest for his next weekly live-streamed press conference regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones on Monday announced that National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci will join him for the remote press conference, to be held Tuesday, July 7, at 11:15 a.m. […]

7. Don’t worry, Adam Schiff is on the case Today, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) will be briefed on the reports that Russia put bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, which comes just after Democrats were briefed at the White House on this very issue.  The intelligence reports that have come out on […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) 2020 reelection campaign on Wednesday posted a new video ad entitled, “For Each Other.” The 30-second spot encourages Alabamians to wear masks and social distance amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Jones narrates the entire ad himself, saying, “The COVID crisis has shown how our health depends on each other, on our […]

Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., the last surviving 16th Street Baptist Church bomber, has died in prison. Governor Kay Ivey made the announcement in a statement on Friday, saying Blanton “passed away from natural causes” while serving his life sentence. Blanton, convicted of murder in 2001, was one of two Ku Klux Klan members successfully prosecuted for […]

In the nation’s current hyper-partisan atmosphere, one might not expect U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to be fighting on the same side of an issue. However, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has seemingly managed to bridge the divide between political parties, even in a presidential election year. As […]

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Cory Wilson to the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. All Democrats, including U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), voted against this nominee of President Donald J. Trump. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) voted to confirm Wilson, who became the 200th federal judge confirmed during Trump’s […]

7. Biden finally allows Obama to help him After pretending he asked former President Barack Obama not to endorse him, former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign held a fundraiser with Obama where they raised $11 million overall.  Obama has stayed pretty quiet about supporting anyone during this election, even though he did finally […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) this week is already going up on television with his first campaign ad ahead of November’s general election. Even though Jones does not yet know whether he will face former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville or former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Alabama’s junior senator is hitting the […]

Polling results released by an Alabama-based, nationally respected data firm on Monday show that both former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions would enter a general election battle against U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) with a sizable lead. Cygnal, recognized as the nation’s most accurate polling firm […]

Governor Kay Ivey’s (R-AL) leading candidate for an important vacancy in Alabama’s largest county is a longtime Democrat. Jefferson County Probate Judge Place 1, the presiding judge on the court, is vacant following the retirement of Judge Alan King in recent weeks. Judge Sherri Friday, who has held the Place 2 position on the probate […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday afternoon reacted to an article from Yellowhammer News earlier in the day about U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) voting to rename everything in the American military that gets its name from a member of the Confederate military. The legislative amendment for which Jones voted would rename ships, […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday voted to rename every item in the American military that gets its name from a member of the Confederate Army. The United States has 10 army bases named after Confederate leaders, including Fort Rucker in Alabama, and they would all be renamed if the amendment stays on the […]

Each member of Alabama’s congressional delegation voted in support of a bill to ease restrictions on businesses receiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that passed Congress this week and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk. The bill extends the time businesses have to spend their loans from eight to 24 weeks. Additionally, […]