Closing arguments in the "hush money" trial of former President Donald Trump will likely take up most of Tuesday, with jury deliberations expected to start on Wednesday and then America waits

Radio talk show host Yaffee and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories.

The Alabama State Department released the results of the 2023-2024 ACAP, indicating that 91% of third graders are reading at or above grade level across the state

Unlike Alabama, Ohio will not let President Joe Biden on the ballot, where the state's Electoral College votes matter very much, as Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose warned Democrats again

U.S. Representative Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is the latest Alabama Republican to show up in New York City to speak in support of former President Donald Trump at his "hush-money" trial

Why is the ADPH pushing this?

The prosecution in the "hush money" trial of former President Donald Trump is learning that building their case around former Trump attorney Michael Cohen was not a great idea

Imagine saying these things out loud and in public without being embarrassed.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union faced a significant defeat in their high-profile unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facility in Vance, Alabama

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

Sometimes you have to call out your own team

The star witness in former President Donald Trump' "hush money" trial had his "knees chopped out"  according to CNN legal analyst Elie Honig who called Michael Cohen's cross-examination by Donald Trump's defense team "devastating." 

7. Athens police clarified that their investigation into the altercation involving ALGOP and Trump campaign volunteer Tara Johnson showed “no indication” of it being a politically motivated attack, contrary to the Alabama Republican Party’s initial claims, but it was violent and caused injury. The incident, described as a road rage encounter, occurred when Johnson’s husband honked […]

From Birmingham to the sea...

7. The United Auto Workers unionized a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga and is now taking aim at the Mercedes facility in Vance as part of its scheme to unionize over 150,000 workers across the South. However, some Mercedes workers are skeptical, citing Alabama’s history of rejecting unionization, concerns about inflexible contracts, and doubts regarding the […]

The Trump trial has been a bust for Democrats, Michael Cohen can't change that.

7. Three Bob Fergusons are running for governor in the state of Washington. Attorney General Bob Ferguson addressed the state’s governor’s race following the filing of two additional Democratic candidates named Bob Ferguson, denouncing it as an “illegal scheme” aimed at confusing voters and undermining the election process. AG Ferguson, the Democrat frontrunner, says this […]



For everyone pretending Alabama is one vote from passing a massive comprehensive gambling bill, Governor Kay Ivey and Speaker of the House Nathanial Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) are making it clear they are not that close and a special session isn't coming

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is throwing cold water on the idea that she will be calling a special legislative session to revisit the issue of a state lottery and casinos, citing lawmakers' inability to reach a consensus

Ethics reform is boring and very few people are clamoring for it

Hamas has to love seeing American President Joe Biden declaring publicly that if Israel continues trying to kill them by chasing them to where they are hiding, America will stop giving selling them weaponry, with out money, to fight the war in Gaza

A train from Mobile-to-New Orleans will be a failure for Alabama, Mobile, and Amtrak