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In a press release on Friday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) applauded President Donald Trump’s Presidential Proclamation “Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States” and the Department of Homeland Security’s newly released asylum rule. “Each year, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens furtively thumb their noses at America’s sovereignty by clandestinely violating […]

The members of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles aren’t doing their jobs. In July, Jimmy O’Neal Spencer was charged with the brutal killings of Martha Dell Reliford, 65, Marie Kitchens Martin, 74, and Martin’s seven-year-old great-grandson, Colton Ryan Lee, in Guntersville. Spencer, a man with a violent rap sheet going back to the early 1980s, had […]

A spokesperson for Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-6) confirmed to Yellowhammer News on Friday that the congressman from Birmingham is running to be chair of the Republican Policy Committee (RPC), a key leadership position in the United States House of Representatives. If Palmer wins this leadership position, it remains to be seen how his likelihood to run […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is set to host a busy Veterans Day weekend, highlighted by three different events. On Friday at 1:00 p.m., UAB Veteran’s Services and Student Affairs will honor our nation’s veterans on the Campus Green with a special wreath-laying ceremony. The university’s ROTC cadets will lead the posting of the […]

As part of a group of over 900 nationwide rallies organized by MoveOn.org, anti-Trump protesters took to the streets on Thursday evening across Alabama cities, including Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Fairhope, Florence, Huntsville, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. MoveOn’s national push was sparked by the forced resignation of then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, however, unlike what some outlets are […]

There will not be an oyster season on the Alabama coast in the coming year, an unusual move caused by what officials say is a lack of oysters in state waters. AL.com reported Thursday that an official with the state conservation agency announced the decision during a meeting with seafood harvesters and dealers in southern […]

In an op-ed in the Washington Post published Wednesday night, three former United States attorneys general praised now-former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying, “We salute him for a job well done.” William P. Barr was attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bush, Edwin Meese III was attorney general from 1985 to […]

With the 2017 U.S. Senate special election fresh on everyone’s mind, Alabama Republicans did not take anything for granted in the campaigns for Tuesday’s elections, and it paid off. From top to bottom, Republicans won every statewide race and expanded their supermajority in the Alabama legislature. In an appearance on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 on […]

7. Democrats don’t want Nancy Pelosi as the speaker of the House — They will get her anyway — While only a small number of members have said they won’t vote for Pelosi, others are being more guarded. Most expect her to easily win the post. — The elected Democrats may break for Pelosi. More than […]

Nearly two-thirds of Alabamians voted a straight-ticket — either all Republican or all Democratic— when they went to the polls on Tuesday, a record number that reflects political polarization and likely boosted Republicans in their easy sweep of state races. According to the Alabama Secretary of State’s office, about 1.1 million of the 1.7 million […]

Yellowhammer News previewed the 2020 U.S. Senate race three months ago, but things are really taking shape now that Alabama’s midterm election has passed. However, there has been a “known unknown” thrust into the mix: will Jeff Sessions run to reclaim his former seat? That has become the key dynamic in the race that hopefully […]

The NASCAR Foundation has narrowed its finalists for the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award down to four people, one of them being Alabama’s own Rex Reynolds. The award, named after the foundation’s late founder, recognizes NASCAR fans who are volunteering for children’s causes in communities around the country. The winner will take $100,000 back to […]

After the Trump administration suspended combative CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s White House credentials for “placing his hands on a young” female intern on Wednesday, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) came to Acosta’s defense a day later. “Freedom of the press was considered by our founding fathers of such importance that they made it 1st,” Jones […]

Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) is warning Alabamians to expect the Democrat-controlled United States House of Representatives in 2019 to vote to impeach President Donald Trump, adding that their efforts will eventually be unsuccessful as impeachment conviction would never reach the required two-thirds threshold in a Republican-controlled Senate. Byrne, who is adamantly against any attempted […]

President Donald Trump has said numerous times he doesn’t plan on firing FBI special counsel Mueller, but it doesn’t seem to matter. Protesting is fun for those on the left since Trump took office. There has been Indivisible, Black Lives Matter, The Resistance and now we have a movement to protect the Mueller investigation. It […]

Alabama’s manufacturing industry has always been at the heart of our state’s economy. Even today as Alabama’s economy is growing, the manufacturing sector is projected to have above-average growth according to a recent study from the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business. As we look to […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday ordered all state flags to be lowered to half-staff “to honor the victims of the shooting in Thousand Oaks, California.” Ivey’s order came at the request of President Donald Trump and “as a mark of respect for the victims.” Flags should remain at half-staff until sunset on Saturday. “Praying for […]

In an appearance on Talk 99.5’s “The Matt & Aunie Show” on Thursday morning, Lieutenant Governor-elect Will Ainsworth (R-Guntersville) discussed Tuesday’s high midterm turnout in Alabama, emphasizing that he was “encouraged” that so many conservatives showed up at the ballot box. For Ainsworth, the “Red Wave” in the Yellowhammer State showed that the election of […]

On Wednesday, the 27 Republican members of the newly elected Alabama Senate unanimously re-elected state Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) to serve as the Senate Majority Leader. “It is an honor to serve as the Republican leader in the Alabama State Senate, and I am deeply humbled by the trust [my] colleagues have given me,” Reed […]

Officials say a social media threat has prompted the closure of schools in an Alabama city and a neighboring district in Georgia. News outlets reported that Eufaula City Schools are closed Thursday because of the threat.

After Planned Parenthood and allied out-of-state liberal groups spent approximately $1.5 million in dark money opposition to Amendment Two on Tuesday’s statewide general election ballot, the pro-life constitutional amendment still passed comfortably. With 99 percent of precincts reporting as of Thursday morning, Amendment Two received 913,224 (59 percent) “Yes” votes and 634,122 (41 percent) “No” votes. For comparison, […]

7. Red wave in Alabama is bigger than most expected — ALGOP adds seats to supermajorities — A bloodbath for Alabama Democrats whose huge turnout yielded roughly the same number of votes as the party received in the 2017 special U.S. Senate election. Alabama Republicans swept in all statewide constitutional officers and judicial candidates on the […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan released a statement Wednesday afternoon following the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier in the day, calling him a “true Alabama statesman” and a “warrior for President Trump’s conservative agenda.” “A man of integrity, Jeff Sessions has led the Department of Justice with dignity and a firm commitment […]