7. A House Oversight Committee claims D.C. police with manipulating crime stats by misclassifying thousands of violent cases as “miscellaneous” to artificially lower rates; with the U.S. Attorney’s Office reviewing potentially dismissed prosecutions amid claims of systemic underreporting that bolster the need for federal intervention.
6. Joran van der Sloot, convicted of extortion involving the murder of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, was found badly injured in his Peruvian prison cell from an apparent suicide attempt; he is receiving medical treatment as authorities investigate claims that he doesn’t want to live because of physical separation from his family.
5. Alabama Democratic lawmakers are pretending they are fighting the cancellation of magazines Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six at the University of Alabama as viewpoint discrimination violating First Amendment rights. Meanwhile, University of Alabama students/professors are appealing to lawmakers to repeal Alabama’s anti-DEI law.
4. U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) met with President Trump to discuss advancing U.S. Space Command in Alabama and exploring a “Golden Dome” missile defense system inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome for enhanced national security against emerging threats.
3. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called being designated an “anti-Muslim extremist” by a far-left group (CAIR a “badge of honor,” defending his criticism of an Islamic school attempting to move to Hoover, criticism of radical Islamism as protecting American values against incompatible ideologies, and being quick to blame radical Islam for the shooting at Brown University’s Jewish Studies’ professor’s economic course.
2. Mountain Brook native Ella Cook was targeted and killed in cold blood at Brown University for her conservative beliefs, according to the College Republicans of America founder, with Vice President JD Vance and Alabama officials honoring Cook amid the ongoing manhunt for the shooter, confusion over the shooter’s words, and the belief that he targeted the university.
1. Republicans criticized President Trump’s comments as inappropriate and disrespectful discourse, while Trump doubled down, calling Rob Reiner a “sleazebag” and “crybaby” while defending his post and declaring Reiner was “very bad for our country.”
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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.
