Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is not a fan of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial legal team defending the president in political terms. In Jones’ latest daily video tweeted out Wednesday sharing his thoughts on the trial, Alabama’s junior senator reiterated his process complaints against Republicans, including the president’s team and the Senate GOP. “So yesterday, […]

MONTGOMERY — Speaking to the River Region Republicans on Tuesday, Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) spoke about his 2020 U.S. Senate bid and rallied local conservatives to urge Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) to oppose voting to remove President Donald J. Trump from office. As Jones participates in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial, the GOP field competing […]

7. The media can’t save Elizabeth Warren When U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a public spat about Sanders reportedly saying a woman couldn’t win the presidency, the media took her side but voters took his. Since then, Sanders has surged in the polls to lead both in Iowa and New […]

According to polling data provided to Yellowhammer News, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) could be in a weaker position for reelection should he vote to convict and remove President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate’s impeachment trial currently underway. The survey, conducted by WPA Intelligence on behalf of Club for Growth PAC of 500 likely […]

In his latest thoughts about President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) spoke about arguments made by Trump legal team members. Appearing in a video released Tuesday afternoon that lasted just over six minutes, Jones spoke about some of the core points made by Alan Dershowitz and Pam Bondi Monday afternoon and […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is inviting Alabamians to his second annual HBCU summit. The 2020 version of the summit will be at Miles College in Fairfield on February 14. The event will have a student career and employment opportunities from across Alabama in addition to two panels moderated by Alabama’s junior senator. Doug Jones has […]

Yes, President Donald Trump seemed to lie about withholding aid from Ukraine to get the investigation into the Bidens and Ukraine. No, he will not be removed from office. You know this, Donald Trump knows this, the media knows this, John Bolton knows this and even U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) knows this. He also […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Monday morning sat down with CNN for the first national television interview he has done since the Senate began the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump. Trump is charged by the U.S. House of Representatives with abuse of power on the first impeachment article against him, as well as […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political scientist Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Should people be swayed by what we have seen about impeachment thus far? — Can U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) figure out a way to get reelected after he votes to remove the […]

Following the first day of President Donald Trump’s legal team making their case to the Senate in the president’s impeachment trial, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Saturday afternoon released yet another video update. The latest video came after Jones on the day previous called the evidence presented by the Democratic House impeachment managers “compelling.” Jones’ […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not happy with Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). Sessions sent out a forceful response to Yellowhammer News’ reporting on Friday morning that Jones found the evidence against President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial “compelling.” “Senator Doug Jones’ recent video appears to indicate that he is planning to vote […]

In a video tweeted out by his office on Friday, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) opined that evidence is “continuing to mount” against President Donald Trump as the impeachment trial unfolds in the Senate. The video, lasting just over five minutes and 30 seconds, started with Jones praising the Thursday speech given by Congressman Adam Schiff […]

As the race for the Republican Party’s nomination for Alabama U.S. Senate race has heated up, the topic of then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from any investigation dealing with the 2016 presidential election has become the hot campaign topic. At a Marshall County campaign stop earlier this month, Sessions defended his decision on the […]

7. Elizabeth Warren will never be president U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says she is going to be highly selective of her Cabinet members if she’s elected president, but she’s promising that she’ll have half of her Cabinet be “women and nonbinary people.” This mainly appears to be another attempt for Warren to gain more […]

7. Alabamians are lazy The Centers for Disease Control has released a list of physical activity levels by state for adults, and Alabama ranked fourth out of states with the highest inactivity level. According to the report, 31% of adults in Alabama were reported as not being physically active. Mississippi ranked first with 33%, Arkansas […]

Six-for-six. No, it is not the new deal at Wendy’s fast-food restaurants. That was Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) 100% record of voting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday, the first day of the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump. Jones has emphasized that he does not view impeachment through a […]

Super-PAC America First Policies launched an ad Tuesday that highlights Sen. Doug Jones’ (D-AL) refusal to oppose the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The ad frames impeachment as a project of the “radical left” and uses a clip of Jones saying “this is not a witch hunt, this is not a hoax” as evidence that […]

GRAND BAY — At a campaign event during a swing through his home congressional district on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) seemed to be taking a more aggressive tack in his quest to become Alabama’s next U.S. Senator. With only 45 days left until Republicans head to the polls to select who they prefer […]

7. More wall could be coming soon In an effort to get more of President Donald Trump’s border wall built, the Department of Homeland Security has asked the Department of Defense to fund 270 more miles of the wall to help fight drug smuggling at the border. The DOD is allowed to fund such projects […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) has decried the political nature of the impeachment process for months. However, on Thursday, Jones began fundraising for his 2020 reelection campaign off of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. In an email sent out by his official campaign, the Doug Jones for Senate Committee, Jones himself writes, […]

President Donald Trump’s historic United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was approved overwhelmingly by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, with both Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) voting to support the trade deal. The implementation act for the USMCA passed the Senate 89-10. The trade deal, which is set to replace NAFTA, has been […]

7. Booming economy helps Birmingham International Airport The Federal Aviation Administration has released data for 2018 to show the travel traffic at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport, Alabama’s largest airport. The data shows that 1.46 million people flew out of Birmingham. The Huntsville International Airport was second with around 581,000 people flying out of it. Airport Authority […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Wednesday took to the U.S. House of Representatives floor, implying Democrats will regret demanding that Senate Republicans bring in more witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial than the House interviewed during its impeachment inquiry. While speaking on the floor, Byrne stood next to a poster showing a picture of […]

Valerie Jarrett, who served as senior advisor to former President Barack Obama, will be in Birmingham for a campaign event for Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) next week. An email from Jones’ campaign sent Tuesday stated that Jarrett will lead a “Women for One Alabama” panel discussion; “One Alabama” is Jones’ 2020 reelection slogan.