7. Auburn and Alabama are both ranked within the top 15 in On3’s early post-spring college football rankings, with Alabama at No. 7 and Auburn at No. 13.
6. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office raided bingo halls in Pinson and Lipscomb, seizing electronic gaming machines after the Jefferson County Commission revoked their business licenses due to illegal gambling concerns.
5. State Senator Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville) passed a bill that would allow ALFA to provide a health care plan that is not subject to the ruled of the Affordable Care Act.
4. Mercedes-Benz will expand its Vance plant to produce a new “core vehicle” line, while GM CEO Mary Barra said auto tariffs will increase the cost of vehicles by $2,000-$3,000, but GM will absorb the $5 billion cost to keep prices steady.
3. U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II out of Florida ruled that President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to target illegal immigration from designated countries for detention and deportation.
2. Alabama Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) called President Donald Trump a “king dictator” ahead of his visit to the University of Alabama and a very-old Democrat mob pouted in a park.
1. President Donald Trump’s commencement speech at the University of Alabama was a big gradiose speech where he talked about his first 100 days, the future, and told graduates to “think big, work hard, never give up.”
