7. Hoover mayoral candidate Nick Derzis wants the city to join a lawsuit with Tuscaloosa and Mountain Brook against Alabama’s online sales tax distribution, arguing it deprives Hoover of millions in revenue.

6. Space Command HQ is headed to Alabama within weeks, according to an announcement from U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), bringing in up to 4,700 jobs and $647 million.

5. Seven individuals have now been charged in Bibb County for sexually abusing 10 children in an underground bunker, shocking the community.

4. Federal agents arrested 11 individuals at a Loxley elementary school construction site in a multi-agency ICE raid targeting illegal immigration, the second such arrest in Baldwin County.

3. U.S. Sen.Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) accused Obama-era Democrats of plotting against President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, urging them to “lawyer up” over Russiagate allegations.

2. Much to the chagrin of CNN, which cut away from the press conference, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the trove of documents the Trump administration has recently declassified shows a “gross politicization and manipulation of intelligence by the Obama administration,” and that Russia had a lot of negative intel on Hillary Clinton including heavy tranquilizer use.

1. A federal judge says her “hands are tied” and she can not release grand jury transcripts regarding Jeffrey Epstein as the House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for records. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Donald Trump’s name appears in the Epstein files but the report plays down the fact that it is reported as hearsay to maximize outrage and pressure.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.