U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville asked President Joe Biden’s nominee for the National Institute of Health director about whether it’s good policy to promote certain transgender treatments for minors. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli testified during her Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee confirmation hearing Wednesday. “Being an educator, this really touches me,” Tuberville (R-Auburn) said […]

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer is sounding the alarm about a possible national security threat from those coming into the country illegally. "… agents have encountered a growing number on the watch list and warned that "terrorists and criminal actors may exploit the elevated flow and increasingly complex security environment to enter the United States." Border […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is showing his support for a Florida regulation that bans using taxpayer dollars for transgender surgeries and other procedures. Friday, Marshall filed an 18-state amicus brief before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Florida’s healthcare regulation that declines to use Medicaid funds. “Healthcare authorities in the United […]

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth is calling on state leaders to focus on expanding Interstate 65 over other road projects in Alabama. Ainsworth, who has become one of the state’s leading advocates for expanding I-65 to six lanes through the state, questioned the money being allocated for the West Alabama Corridor instead of prioritizing the need […]

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt believes the Senate should be working hard to pass legislation to help avoid a possible government shutdown in November. Congress passed a stop-gap bill this month that will fund the government through Nov. 17. Britt (R-Montgomery) discussed the issues during a recent appearance on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program.” “Once again I […]

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is blaming some of his fellow Republicans for creating the current impasse in trying to select a Speaker of the House. 🔥🔥 Rep. Mike Rogers leaves the meeting unhappy, says eight Republican “traitors” (he used the word four times) have “paralyzed” the House by removing McCarthy. He tells me Scalise has […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville responded to recent comments by Gen. Michael Hayden, saying the former CIA director should “be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Tuberville (R-Auburn) was reacting to Hayden’s post on X, formerly Twitter, Monday,  suggesting the senator should be removed from the human race. https://twitter.com/GenMhayden/status/1711554729518460955?s=20 Hayden is upset over the […]

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers believes the response by the United Nations to the recent terrorist attacks in Israel is just another reason why the U.S. should leave the organization. On Monday, the UN Human Rights Council held a moment of silence for “innocent lives” in the “occupied Palestinian territory and elsewhere,” but didn’t honor the […]

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt is concerned that the process of electing a new Speaker of the House could take a while because of the current divisions in Congress. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives made history when Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was voted out of his position. Aderholt (R-Haleyville) told Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol […]

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl is still optimistic that his party can hold on to Alabama’s Second Congressional District despite the newly redrawn map. Last week, a three-judge panel made its selection from maps proposed by an appointed Special Master after ruling last month that the maps authorized by the Alabama Legislature did not meet the […]

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl criticized the Biden administration in response to the series of surprise attacks against Israel over the weekend. There are Americans being held hostage in Gaza! — Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) October 8, 2023 More than 600 Israelis were killed and some 2,000 were injured after Hamas militants launched the terrorist attacks […]

State Sen. Arthur Orr said the Alabama Public Library Service needs to end its partnership with the American Library Association or lose funding from the state. “If they don’t pull out of the national library association, I predict their state funding is gone,” Orr (R-Decatur) said in a statement to Yellowhammer News. “Several other red […]

National Security Council Strategic Communications coordinator John Kirby criticized U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s military holds Tuesday, calling the senator “wrong,” during a White House press briefing Tuberville (R-Auburn) continues to place holds on Pentagon general and flag-officer promotions due to the Department of Defense’s decision to pay abortion-related expenses for servicemembers. “First of all the […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl admits that it will be difficult for his party to win the Alabama’s Second Congressional District seat based on the maps created by the special master. The three-judge panel is expected to select a new map soon. The court will most likely choose one of three maps created by […]

State Sen. Sam Givhan said he’s received no negative feedback from constituents on the plan to build a new Alabama State House in Montgomery. The Legislative Council, a joint House-Senate legislative panel which owns the State House, unanimously approved an agreement with the Retirement Systems of Alabama last week to build the new meeting place […]

Congress avoided a government shutdown Saturday, with a last minute vote on a continuing resolution that keeps funding at current levels until Nov. 17. The stop-gap measure passed the House by a 335-91 vote with 21 Republicans voting against it. The bill then passed the Senate by a 88-9. The Alabama congressional delegation was split […]

U.S. Reps. Barry Moore and Terri Sewell voted against a stopgap funding bill Friday that would have been a step to avoided a government shutdown. Moore was only one of 21 Republicans to vote against the measure and was the only Republican member of Alabama’s House congressional delegation to do oppose the package. The continuing […]

State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) said he wants young students across Alabama to be taught the greatness of America, and he believes playing the national anthem in schools should be a part of that goal. Allen pre-filed SB2 this year, which would require all public schools to broadcast the first stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner” […]

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt didn’t mince words during a press conference at the Capitol where she blasted the Biden administration for the worsening the crisis at the southern border. Britt (R-Montgomery) spoke to reporters Wednesday about the illegal immigration issue alongside Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Tex.). […]

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore has not yet made a decision on his political future after the special master redrew his district in the newly proposed congressional maps. Special master Richard Allen submitted three congressional redistricting maps to the court this week. All three maps create a mutual district between Moore (R-Enterprise) and U.S. Rep. Jerry […]

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong once again blasted the Biden administration Wednesday over the continuing crisis as the U.S. southern border. According to new reports, there have been a record amount of migrant encounters at the border this week. More to this… CBP sources also say past 5 day total nearly 50,000 migrant encounters… with 25,000 […]

Members of the congressional delegation are reacting to the new maps drawn by the court-appointed special master Tuesday. Special master Richard Allen submitted three congressional redistricting maps to the court this week. The new maps redraw the Second Congressional District 2 with Black voters comprising 48.5% to 50.1% of the voting-age population. These maps will […]

Former U.S. Attorney Jay Town is defending the Birmingham Police Department over an incident that led to officers using a stun gun on a high school band director after a football game. Minor High School Band Director Johnny Mims, who had reportedly refused to make his band stop playing after the game had concluded, was […]

Members of Alabama’s congressional delegation are showing their support for Auburn University after being criticized by an atheist group for holding a Christian event on campus. About 200 students were baptized after the “Unite Auburn” event Sept. 12, including one student who was baptized by head football coach Hugh Freeze. A revival is happening tonight […]