7. A federal judge ordered the release of Opelika El Patron kitchen manager Isaac Fernandez-Lopez, who was detained during ICE raids, because he doesn’t appear to be the hiring manager.

6. Israeli media reporting suggests the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are about to approve a plan to re-occupy Gaza amid ongoing conflict with Hamas, the only thing that makes sense at this point.

5. The White House highlighted Alabama lawmakers celebrating President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” a tax and spending package signed on July 4 with State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) saying, the “Big Beautiful Bill will certainly secure tax cuts for Alabamians, and we certainly support that.”

4. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block a redistricting vote, which is why no one believes that Democrats are the party of democracy despite all of their proclamations.

3. Alabama Republicans are hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a redistricting case, potentially altering congressional district boundaries as part of the broader redistricting effort.

2. Governor-elect Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) suggested that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, and his administration’s worst actors should face treason trials, citing their alleged involvement in the Trump-Russia/Russian collusion hoax scandal that they concocted in 2016 and used to derail the first Trump administration..

1. The Department of Justice has convened a grand jury to investigate the origins of the efforts to tie the Trump presidential campaign to Russia in 2016, looking to target various players in the Obama administration, based on declassified documents.

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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.