7 Things: Trade deal brings market roaring back; Ainsworth out of U.S. Senate race; almost 5,000 jobs may be coming to North Alabama; and more …

7. A proposed 16-team College Football Playoff with 4 guaranteed spots for the SEC is gaining support. Even without these guarantees, the SEC and Big Ten will absolutely benefit from it.

6. A disgusting mob actually rallied against motherhood on Mother’s Day.

5. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has now cut $7.8 million in federal DEI and STEM grants from Alabama universities.

4. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) claims President Donald Trump’s firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden an attempt to “whitewash” American history; this is why Democrats are picked to lose in 2026.

3. U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) says 4.700 new jobs would follow the Space Command HQ to Alabama and, fittingly, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will oversee a new rocket being built at the Alabama-Tennessee line

2. Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth says he will NOT run for U.S. Senate in 2026, he says “pretty much.”

1. Stock market booms, including Big Pharma stocks, after President Donald Trump’s drug pricing executive order, and the market correction is over after a U.S.-China trade deal is tentatively reached.

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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.

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