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Southern Poverty Law Center Alabama News
'Manufacturing racism to justify its existence': SPLC indicted for wire fraud, money laundering to KKK

A Montgomery grand jury returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and money laundering. 

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Department of Justice launches criminal investigation into Montgomery-based SPLC

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced on Tuesday that they are the subject of a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the left-wing group's use of paid confidential informants. 

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Alabama News
FBI's Patel announces agency cut 'all ties with the SPLC,' calling far-left Montgomery-based group 'a partisan smear machine'

FBI Director Kash Patel confirms that the agency has cut all ties to Montgomery based Southern Poverty Law Center. "The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine. Their so-called “hate map” has been used to defame mainstream Americans and even inspired violence," Patel wrote in an X post.

Kash Patel on FNC, 5/18/2025 Alabama News
FBI Director Kash Patel: 'Redstone Arsenal is one of the crown jewels of the FBI'

FBI Director Kash Patel said he expected to move 1,500 employees out of Washington, D.C. One of the locations, Patel said, was Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, which he described as "one of the crown jewels of the FBI."

Fbinewser Alabama News
502 arrests, 9 tied to deadly Venezuelan gang — Federal law enforcement in South Alabama offer report on illegal immigration

The legal fight against illegal aliens is "all hands on deck" in the Southern District of Alabama. The first report was released Friday.

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FBI Director Patel says Redstone Arsenal to play key role in Bureau's future with 'more and more' agents moving to Huntsville

New FBI Director Kash Patel said Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal will play a key role in the Bureau’s future expansion and fight against crime.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's new Director of the FBI, speaks during a swearing-in ceremony, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schief Alabama News
FBI director Kash Patel sending 500 agents to Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal

FBI director Kash Patel is transferring 500 agents from Washington, D.C. to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. 

Tuberville, Patel Alabama News
Tuberville: Patel 'going to come out swinging' as FBI director — 'We've got to stop this corruption'

During a Thursday interview on "Fox News @ Night," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) predicted "great" things from Kash Patel once he's sworn in as FBI director.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Alabama News
'Exactly who we need': Tuberville, Britt celebrate Kash Patel confirmation as FBI director

On Thursday, U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) voted to confirm Kash Patel as President Donald Trump's FBI director.

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Tuberville: FBI director nominee Kash Patel 'the Democrats' worst nightmare'

During an interview on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) weighed in on Kash Patel's confirmation as FBI director, which cleared its first major hurdle on Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Patel to the Senate floor.

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Britt praises FBI nominee Kash Patel after sparring with lawmakers in Senate hearing – 'He nailed every one of their questions'

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) spoke highly of FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s performance in his senate hearing after earlier questioning the Trump pick over national security and Huntsville’s place in the new administration.

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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville: Confirming Trump's nominees

Alabama voted overwhelmingly for Trump. When they voted on Nov. 5, they also voted for his team. As Alabama’s senator, you have my word that I will do everything in my power to get every one of Trump’s nominees confirmed so we can get to work.

Katie Britt and Kash Patel. Alabama News
Katie Britt backs Kash Patel after meeting — ‘He has my support to serve as the next FBI Director’

After meeting with U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the next FBI director, Kash Patel, received a full-throated endorsement to take the position in the new administration.

Tuberville Alabama News
Tuberville: Americans will no longer be 'scared to death' of FBI under Trump, Patel

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said Americans are "scared to death" of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), but they won’t have to be for much longer.

Tuberville hegseth Alabama News
Tuberville doubles-down on support for Trump cabinet picks Hegseth, Patel — 'The answer to the problems that we have in Washington, D.C.’

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently doubled down on his support for Trump cabinet picks Pete Hegseth and Kashyap "Kash" Patel, saying they were "the answer" to saving America's military and justice system.

Tuberville Alabama News
Tuberville slams ‘Fake Bureau of Investigation’ in support of Trump appointee — ‘They've been off the rails now for the last four or five years’

As left-leaning and establishment types within the D.C. power structure continue to rail against President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is focusing his attention on what he believes to be significant misconduct on the part of the “Fake Bureau of Investigation” for years.

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Sessions ally, Tuberville former chief of staff Stephen Boyd listed on FBI director nominee Kash Patel's 'deep state' list

Stephen Boyd, a University of Alabama grad who served as the assistant U.S. Attorney General, communications director for former U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, and chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, made his way onto President-elect Donald Trump’s FBI director pick, Kashyap "Kash" Patel’s list of “deep state” members of the executive branch.

Tuberville Alabama News
Tuberville applauds Trump’s ‘perfect’ appointment of Kash Patel as FBI director

In another of what promises to be another contentious appointment, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he had tapped longtime ally Kashyap "Kash" Patel as the next FBI director.