U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, issued the following statement warning that the omnibus funding bill would, among other things, fund Sanctuary Cities, the President’s refugee expansion, and quadruple a controversial foreign worker program replacing Americans – all during a time of increasing concerns about […]

Sumiton is Alabama’s most conservative city, and one of the most conservative cities in the entire United States, according to a new analysis by a political tech startup called Crowdpac. “We looked at all political donations to candidates on the federal and state level since 2002, and calculated a political ideology score for every town […]

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a statement Friday blasting the State of Alabama — and the United States more broadly — for its record on women’s and immigrants’ rights. According to the UN, the organization sent a three-member delegation to Alabama, Oregon and Texas earlier this month at […]

Alabama is among the most heavily-armed states in America, according to a CBS News analysis of ATF gun registrations in accordance with the National Firearms Act (NFA). Weapons regulated under the NFA include short-barreled shotguns or rifles, machine guns and so called “assault rifles.” There are a total of 96,744 such weapons in Alabama, or […]

Scott Hicks of Wetumpka, Alabama, traveled down to Bay County, Florida, in September after two failure-to-appear arrest warrants were issued against him on battery charges. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Hicks told the bailiff he needed to get the issue handled quickly because he had left an “8-year-old child” in the car. Sheriff’s deputies went […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on Friday introduced the American Jobs First Act, which they believe would ease the pressure on the U.S. labor force from foreign workers coming into the country. According to Senator Sessions’ office, the legislation would “reform the H-1B visa program to stop abuse of […]

The end of the year is typically a time when people put aside their differences and come together to celebrate the holidays. The same could be said of the U.S. Senate, where presidential nominees whose confirmations have been held up for one reason or another are finally allowed to pass. But as Politico notes, “this […]

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is one of the most powerful and most feared regulatory agencies in the country. What was originally intended to be an agency with a relatively modest charter has become much more powerful. The EPA is now claiming unrestrained authority to issue regulations that have major negative consequences for the American […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Richard Shelby has signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit governors to reject the resettlement of refugees in their state. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) is the primary sponsor of the bill, which is titled the State Refugee Security Act. “First and foremost, […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced it is launching an investigation into whether civil rights violations occurred when budget cuts resulted in the closure of 31 rural DMVs. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s administration said, in an effort to inconvenience as few people as possible, the DMV closures were targeted […]

Alabamians expressed concerns Tuesday evening as news broke that two members of the Afghan Air Force have disappeared from a military base located roughly 120 miles from the state line in neighboring Georgia. The two A-29 Super Tucano fighter pilots were training at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, but are now missing, according […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions were two of only 10 Republicans to vote in favor of pausing the issuance of visas to more than thirty countries “at a high risk for exporting terrorists.” The vote was on an amendment sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that was attached to the Senate’s […]

By: Jim Porter What AL.com writer John Archibald is really saying in his December 4 column, “To hell with the NRA; this country has to talk about guns,” is to hell with the Constitution, to hell with democracy. The National Rifle Association is the nation’s oldest civil right organization whose strength lies in the grassroots […]

A state senator is pushing to renew Alabama’s call for a Convention of States to amend the U.S. Constitution. Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) has pre-filed a bill for the 2016 Legislative Session that would compel Alabama to join the “Compact for a Balanced Budget,” a group of states “uniting to fix the debt” through a […]

WASHINGTON — Several Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation released statements on Monday criticizing President Barack Obama for his latest Oval Office address, which they each said focused on taking gun rights away from American citizens, rather than defeating ISIS and other radical groups. Their statements can be found below. RELATED: Bentley: Obama using gun […]

A coalition of education leaders on Friday announced the formation of Alabama Unites for Education (AUE), an advocacy group that appears poised to fill the void left by the precipitous decline of the Alabama Education Association (AEA). The group, which includes leadership from Alabama’s K-12 schools, community college system and institutions of higher learning, will […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley slammed President Barack Obama for his Sunday evening Oval Office address to the nation, which Bentley said served as little more than an attempted diversion from the President’s foreign policy failures. “Tonight the President merely restated an existing policy and attempted to distract Americans from the pressing issue […]

https://youtu.be/bRIODVheCM4 (Video above: Rick & Bubba discuss Obama’s explanation of what “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is about) Alabama-based, nationally-syndicated talk radio hosts Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey have never been shy about sharing their frustrations with President Barack Obama, but the President’s comments on the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas almost sent […]

(Video above: Sen. Richard Shelby criticizes President Obama’s gun control efforts in a speech on the Senate Floor) WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) took to the senator floor Thursday to criticize President Barack Obama for trying to use this week’s San Bernardino terrorist attack to advance a political agenda that includes imposing more […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on Thursday sent a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, and Attorney General demanding the immigration history of the San Bernardino terrorists. Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people and wounded 21 more at […]

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Federal court challenging Alabama’s photo voter I.D. law. The suit, which was filed on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries and the Alabama NAACP, claims requiring voters to show photo ID is “discriminatory” and would disenfranchise over 250,000 Alabamians, many of them black […]

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Federal court challenging Alabama’s photo voter I.D. law. The suit, which was filed on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries and the Alabama NAACP, claims requiring voters to show photo I.D. is “discriminatory” and would disenfranchise over 250,000 Alabamians, many of them black […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday expressed his frustrations with the Syrian refugee vetting process and blasted the Obama Administration for not keeping states involved and informed with the latest information. “I continue to have great concerns with the refugee vetting process, particularly the lack of state involvement, oversight or knowledge,” Governor […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) endorsed his Senate colleague Richard Shelby, who is facing four challengers in his bid for another term. “Yes, I will,” Sessions said when asked if he would be supporting Senator Shelby. “Richard and I, we have grown closer together as […]