7. One of the worst presidential candidates of all-time, Kamala Harris (sorry, Hillary Clinton), announced she will not run for California governor as polls showed she had no real chance and no one wants her to run, leaving the race open and far less newsworthy.

6. A man in north Alabama was arrested for allegedly posing as a pest control worker to sexually abuse a child, shocking the community.

5. Fairhope City Councilman Jack Burrell’s campaign website was overtaken by a Drag Queen Story Hour group after he already decided to recycle his previous campaign signs; the Internet, the media, and their Democrats will love this move but most voters will hate it.

4. Scottsboro Police Lt. Derek Porch, injured in a 21-hour manhunt shootout, is recovering after being shot by Daniel McCarn during a domestic violence call, before McCarn fled.

3. The defense in former Decatur Police Officer Mac Marquette’s murder trial case countered Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s arguments against his self-defense claims, intensifying the legal battle by pointing out, “Marquette was an on-duty police officer fulfilling his duties to his community when someone unlawfully pointed a pistol at a third party and then unlawfully trained the gun on himself.”

2. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) said the Obama administration’s Trump-Russia scandal surpasses Watergate, while FBI Director Kash Patel has revealed that sensitive documents produced during the probe were found in FBI burn bags.

1. President Donald Trump is taking a victory lap and touting how a 3% GDP growth in Q2 2025 with the White House declaring, “President Trump’s America First economic agenda … continues to prove the so-called ‘experts’ wrong.”

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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.