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Last week, you announced that you fired Auburn employees over “insensitive” social media posts. But you left a lot of ...

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in ...

Kirk’s killing-- and its aftermath- drew quick responses from Alabama. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. was one of a number of senators who drafted a resolution for a national day of remembrance for ...

Several Alabama political leaders have shared their statements as a memorial service is held for Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who w ...

Senators Introduce Legislation to Codify Trump Executive Order, Secure Domestic Supply Chain for National Defense and Technology A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation designed to ...

It’s going to create higher prices ... It’s going to create some contractors going out of business," an industry leader warns ...

It’s true that these sorority girls are more likely to marry and less likely to divorce than the average American woman, but ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced U.S. Space Command will officially establish its headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, a move that reverses a decision made by his predecessor, Joe Biden, ...

Alabama is reintroducing the "Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025" to combat the annual loss of tens of thousands of pine trees and hundreds of thousands of dollars due to pine beetle ...

There is growing concern from lawmakers over interactions between artificial intelligence chatbots and children.

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt is spearheading a bipartisan effort to reunite Ukrainian families by demanding the return of more than 19,500 children taken by Russia since the war began three ...