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As President Donald Trump was sworn into office to begin his second term on Monday, Alabama’s liberal commentators were predictably full of sour grapes, painting Trump’s swearing-in as the beginning of a new dictatorship.

This week, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) attended her first-ever meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she questioned President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as the next attorney general, Pam Bondi.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl has been re-elected to serve as Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee for the Southern Region.

In the final days of his administration, Joe Biden on Friday declared the 28th Amendment, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, the “law of the land,” despite never being ratified by Congress.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently reintroduced the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, which would end what Britt and other lawmakers believe is an unconstitutional practice of giving unelected government agencies deference in court.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that Wells Griffith, a Mobile native and longtime GOP operative, would rejoin the upcoming administration as the Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Attorneys for Demetrius Frazier, the man slated to be executed next month for for the 1991 rape and murder of a Birmingham woman, are asking the execution be hated, claiming the state’s protocol for nitrogen hypoxia violates the U.S. Constitution.

Alabama’s entire Republican congressional delegation received A+ ratings on the most recent Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America scorecard.

U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently applauded the Wednesday announcement from the Food and Drug Administration that it was banning Red Dye No. 3 for use in America’s food supply.

The University of Alabama President, Dr. Stuart R. Bell, announced on Wednesday his plans to step down from the presidency mid-summer after occupying the position for over a decade.

Some University of Alabama students, professors, and the Alabama state chapter of the NAACP recently filed a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s 2024 law banning taxpayer-funded Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices and training.

A third teen suspect has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the October slaying of 22-year-old Elden Wright, who was one of five struck in the shooting.

State Sen. April Weaver (R - Brierfield) announced on Tuesday that she has been selected as a member of the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2025 Fellowship class, allowing her and others to learn and implement limited government policies.

Some of Alabama’s congressional leaders have wasted no time in the new Republican-controlled Congress to continue the push to make Huntsville the permanent location for U.S. Space Command. 

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined more than 100 Navy SEALS, veterans, and others on Monday to show support for Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Secretary of Defense.

State Rep. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) has filed a bill in the upcoming legislative session to enhance penalties for making terroristic threats and mandate one-year suspensions for students convicted of making such threats after a wave of school threats hit the state late last year.

U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently backed legislation once again that would allow nationwide concealed carry reciprocity in states that have laws on the books allowing for carrying concealed weapons.

A mother has come forward, claiming the 18-year-old suspect charged with murder and attempted murder of a police officer on Tuesday was suspected of killing her daughter and others in recent years without being questioned by police.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently backed several of President-elect Trump’s more ambitious proposals, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico, taking over the Panama Canal, and possibly purchasing Greenland for the United States.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) expects his legislation preserving Title IX protections for female athletes will soon receive a floor vote in a Republican-controlled congress under the scond Trump administration.

Two 18-year-olds in Montgomery have been charged with murder, and one is accused of shooting at a responding police officer in a shooting that shut down a portion of Zelda Road in Montgomery on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said on Wednesday that, while he looks forward to working with the incoming Donald Trump administration in a GOP-led Senate,  he is not ruling out a run for Alabama’s governor in 2026.

After failing to advance during last year’s Congress, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) has yet again sponsored the Laken Riley Act, which would require Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses until they are removed from the U.S.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday that she has set the time frame for the nitrogen hypoxia execution of Demetrius Frazier, 53, for the 1991 rape and murder of a Birmingham woman.

On Monday, Senate Majority Whip U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) named Alabama’s Junior U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) to serve as Deputy Whip as the GOP prepares to take on a new Congress with a majority in both legislative bodies.

Alabama’s leaders came out to mourn the death of Irondale Police Lieutenant Mark Meadows, 60, who died on duty while directing traffic for a Church of the Highlands event on Monday morning.

After months of searching for a permanent chief of the Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced on Monday that interim MPD Chief James Graboys would serve permanently.