At the height of the debate over the so-called Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill last May, Yahoo! News published an article in their “Power Players” section titled “Sen. Jeff Sessions almost single-handedly trying to derail ‘Gang of Eight’ immigration bill.” Although he wasn’t able to stop it in the Senate, the consistent pressure he […]

Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, announced Friday that he will not seek a third term in the Alabama Senate, stoking speculation that he may run for congress in Alabama’s Sixth District, as he did previously in 2012. Beason has been a conservative lightning rod in the legislature in recent years. He led the charge on Alabama’s […]

Navy SEALS are well known for their unmatched toughness on the battlefield, but former Navy SEAL commander Ryan Zinke has decided he’s ready to put his skill set to use in the rough-and-tumble arena of U.S. politics. He’s currently running for the lone congressional seat in his home state of Montana. Zinke is a former […]

President Obama is set to appoint Vice Admiral Michael Rogers to replace Gen. Keith Alexander as the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), the Pentagon announced Thursday. Rogers is currently the head of U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers, who is a graduate of Auburn University’s Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, will take over the […]

(Above: Lt. Nadd comes home a hero) Ever soldier deserves a hero’s welcome. Charles (Chuck) Nadd is the son of immigrants who came to the United States in the 1980s in search of the American Dream. He was born in Florida and raised with a strong sense of pride in America. Some of his earliest […]

Republican leaders in the United States House of Representatives on Thursday released a document outlining the “principles” they are sticking to as they approach immigration reform. Among the principles is a promise to put border security and “interior enforcement” first. But Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., says the House leaders’ “principles” are nothing more than recycled […]

Alabama is one of fourteen states that has not outlawed bestiality, but a bill currently making its way through the legislature may change that in the near future. Senate Bill 151, sponsored by Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, would make sexual contact with an animal illegal in Alabama. The bill passed the Senate today with no […]

Several years ago, a business dispute led an Alabama mother and father to stop allowing their children’s grandparents to visit. The grandparents sued for access to the children under Alabama’s Grandparent Visitation Act. The judge ruled for the grandparents and granted them unsupervised visitation rights for a few hours one day a week and allowed […]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich over the weekend recognized Paul Reynolds, Alabama’s Republican National Committeeman, for showing “real leadership for economic growth” by passing a strongly worded resolution at the RNC’s winter meeting in Washington, D.C. Reynolds’ resolution slams the Obama Administration for having a “flawed understanding of how a capitalist economy succeeds,” and calls […]

FarmPAC, the political action committee of the Alabama Farmers Federation, earlier this week endorsed candidates for Alabama secretary of state, auditor and public service commission. The Alabama Farmers Federation, an affiliate of the American Farm Bureau Federation, is the state’s largest farm organization with more than 365,000 members. FarmPAC endorsed John Merrill for secretary of […]

According the Trussville Tribune, Beverly Elders Cross had never even used the four-wheel drive setting on her Chevrolet Suburban until Tuesday. “I thought there would be that one time I may need it and I’d be glad I had it,” Cross told Tribune reporter Gary Lloyd. Truer words have never been spoken. On Tuesday, as […]

Just like the rest of us, the weather put the Alabama legislature in quite a predicament this week. When the House of Representatives adjourned last Thursday, they agreed to reconvene the following Tuesday, as is their standard procedure. The time they chose just so happened to land right at the beginning of a day-long period […]

Inside-the-beltway publication Roll Call had a contest going last night to see which member of the House or Senate could give the best 3-word response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. Using the hashtag #SOTUin3words, the Twitterverse was abuzz with witty responses from both sides of the aisle. “Redundant imperial president,” said […]

Aaron Spigner, the lead videographer and video editor for Hoffman Media in Birmingham, Ala. put his skill set to use yesterday and documented his treacherous ride home from work. Several minor accidents and a couple of spinouts can be seen throughout the video, which condenses Spigner’s 3-hour trek down to about 3 minutes and 30 […]

The State of the Union address has devolved into little more than a pep rally these days. The president was interrupted 85 times for applause during his speech. But there were some cool moments as well. America was introduced to Cory Remsburg, an Army Ranger who was badly wounded during his tenth — yes, TENTH […]

President Barack Obama delivered the 2014 State of the Union Address tonight in a joint session of Congress. The full speech came in at 6,822 words, ran just over 1 hour and 5 minutes, and was interrupted 85 times for applause. We’ve distilled it down to under 1,000 words for easier consumption. Here are some […]

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades. An entrepreneur flipped on the lights in her tech startup, and did […]

(Above: Rep. Martha Roby speaks out against federal funding for abortions) The U.S. House voted today to permanently ban federal spending on abortion and to block ObamaCare subsidies for insurance plans that cover abortion. Shortly before the vote, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, gave a one-minute speech on the House floor, briefly assessing the ongoing battles […]

Although the snow and ice was supposed to get pretty nasty down in South Alabama, folks in central and north Alabama were having visions of a “light dusting” that would be just enough to have some fun, but not too much to cause serious issues. Whoops. Even legendary weatherman James Spann was forced to abandon […]

President Barack Obama is set to deliver his sixth State of the Union Address tonight. His senior advisors have indicated that he will lay out his plan to bypass congress and continue his unprecedented use of executive power to advance his agenda on pet issues like “climate change” and “income inequality.” “I have a pen […]

A wind energy company called Pioneer Green recently announced plans to build eight wind turbines in Cherokee County, Ala. at a new facility called the Shinbone Wind Energy Center. But Pioneer Green is meeting fierce resistance from local citizens and conservative legislators who say they are just another taxpayer subsidized green energy company that won’t […]

28 years ago today, The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, disintegrating over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida and killing its seven crew members. The crew consisted of: Francis R. Scobee, Commander Michael J. Smith, Pilot Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist […]

(Above: Sen. Jeff Sessions discusses immigration reform with Gretchen Carlson) Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., appeared on Fox News Channel’s “The Real Story w/Gretchen Carlson” today and encouraged House Republicans to oppose comprehensive immigration reform that would expand America’s guest worker program. “We really do have a huge problem,” Sessions told Carlson. “We have the lowest […]

Former University of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron took to Twitter Sunday night to express his disgust with the performances on the annual GRAMMY awards show. Is it just me or are some of the Grammy performances so far seem to be really demonic?? Looks like there is a lot of evil in the world.. — […]