Posts by Austen Shipley

In recent months, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has spoken out against the dangers of domestic radical Islam while also filing legislation aimed at addressing the growing threat it presents to the United States.

In a special-called meeting on Monday, the Decatur City Council voted in favor of a resolution backing a statewide lawsuit arguing for changes to Alabama's current simplified sellers use tax (SSUT).

During a Monday episode of Fox News' The Will Cain Show, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke about the ongoing push from lawmakers in D.C. to investigate and end strikes on vessels transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

In a post from the White House's official Rapid Response account, the Trump administration thanked Governor Kay Ivey for leading Alabama's efforts to make the state's roadways safer by removing and detaining illegal aliens operating as unlicensed truckers.

On Monday afternoon, the Decatur Police Department announced the arrest of two illegal aliens and five others as part of an online child exploitation sting.

A Guatemalan man has been found guilty of multiple child exploitation offenses by a Limestone County Jury.

In September 2024, three Colorado families sued the Jefferson County School System over a controversial district policy allowing biological males, who identify as women, to room with biological females on school field trips and sporting events.

As threats against law enforcement continue to grow across the nation, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has introduced legislation he hopes will provide an increased measure of safety for officers and agents serving in the field.

During Friday's episode of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) was asked when Alabama will join the national redistricting fight and remove U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) from their seats.

State Rep. James Lomax (R-Huntsville) has secured an endorsement from the Alabama Farmers Federation in the state's upcoming House District 20 race. The district, one of Alabama's fastest-growing, sprawls across southeast Huntsville.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) addressed the rapidly growing number of threats facing members of federal law enforcement and their families during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

A Lawrence County shooting range is being sued by a group of local residents claiming their homes have been hit by gunfire from the location.

During a call with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke about a group of Democratic legislators who are now under fire after calling for active duty service members to refuse lawfully given orders.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a $37 million contract by NASA to provide the agency with reliable hardware and software systems to maintain "temperature-critical science materials" aboard Artemis spacecraft.

During a recent briefing focused on the current genocide of Christians and other religious minorities in Nigeria, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) pledged further investigation into the matter, calling it a "crisis that can't be ignored."

According to a fraud expert, Alabama is now the top-ranking state in the country for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) theft.

According to a report released on Tuesday, college football commentator and ESPN radio host Paul Finebaum will not be running for the U.S. Senate, officially ending months of speculation from the national media and public.

Following a successful military strike on a drug-smuggling vessel in the waters of the Caribbean in September, Democrats and news outlets alike are alleging that the Trump administration's operation against cartel activity was a possible "war crime."

One of the suspects in a fatal mass shooting that occurred in January 2023 in Huntsville has had all charges dropped due to a lack of evidence.

In a recent appearance on Newsmax's Rob Schmitt Tonight, U.S. Senate candidate and veteran Morgan Murphy took European allies to task for needlessly extending the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Following the shooting of two National Guardsmen from West Virginia on Wednesday by an Afghan asylum seeker, a past vote in the U.S. House of Representatives is being increasingly scrutinized.

Two deserving veterans, who were severely wounded in combat, will be receiving all-terrain Trackchairs at halftime during this year's Iron Bowl, thanks to The Independence Fund’s Mobility Program and the Kappa Alpha chapters at the University of Alabama and Auburn University.  

In a recent episode of WVNN’s "The Yaffee Program," candidate for Secretary of State Andrew Sorrell called for additional attention to voter fraud in Alabama after he said a town of 900 in Lowndes County recorded over 1,000 votes in an August municipal election.

Alabama's congressional representation dispatched a letter earlier this week addressed to Secretary of the U.S. Army Dan Driscoll, requesting that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville become a future Microreactor Power Plant site.

The Colbert County Sheriff's Office has received substantial funding after joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) 287(g) program in June.

On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring the State and Treasury departments to investigate the possibility of classifying certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl weighed in on former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones' (D-Mountain Brook) entrance into the 2026 governor's race in a statement to 1819 News on Monday.