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NASA and Boeing hosted a news conference with mission leadership on Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The spaceship was supposed to return to Earth weeks ago; but has been stranded there due to a series of helium leaks and issues with the thrusters/ While astronauts on the ship have been working on fixing the leaks, NASA and Boeing have been performing ground testing of the Reaction Control...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke with members of the Alabama press corps about his growing concerns about the struggling farm economy. Tuberville said that "We have lost 150,000 farms since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office." Republicans and Democrats in Congress are at an impasse about differences in farm policy. This is largely over the size of the food assistance programs that are tied to the farm bill in Congress. The resulting partisan gridlock has made...
On Friday, former state Representative Fred "Coach" Plump (D-Fairfield) was sentenced by federal Judge Scott Coogler to one year in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that transferred $200,000 intended for underprivileged children. Plump received $400,000 in taxpayer dollars over a four-year period from then State John Rogers (D-Birmingham) intended for the Piper Davis Youth Baseball league Plump has long operated. Instead of spending the money on the children, Coach Plump gave half of it...
When did man first believe in God? Or gods? If some scientists' interpretation of an ice age figure found in a cave in Germany are correct, then there might not be an age where humanity did not believe in the existence of a divinity, In 1939 in a cave in Germany archaeologists found the rarest of relics. The figurine of a cave lion (a now extinct species of mane less lion common to Eurasia in the Ice Age) with human characteristic was carved from an ivory tusk 40,000 years ago. Man did not have...
The Washington Post's Ishaan Tharoor is reporting that fighting between two rival warlords in Sudan has escalated to an all-out civil war that has threatened the food security of close to a million people. In April 2023 fighting began in the capital city of Khartoum between forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-BURHAN, the top commander of the Sudanese armed forces, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, "Hemedti", who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a militia with a long history of...
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke with members of the Alabama press corps on Wednesday about the attempt on former President Donald J. Trump's (R) life. Tuberville urged that the Secret Service provide full transparency into the investigation of went wrong that day. "On July 13 our nation watched in horror as a 20-year-old man tried to take the life of President Donald Trump at a political rally in Pennsylvania," Sen. Tuberville said. "We were centimeters away from one of the...
MOBILE, Ala., July 29, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) attended and delivered remarks at an event celebrating the U.S. Department of Transportation's $550 million grant for the controversial I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. USDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) hosted the event to celebrate Alabama as a recipient of this competitive grant. Britt was joined by Governor Kay Ivey (R), Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, Fairhope City Councilman Jack Burrell, Congressm...
On Monday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) introduced broad proposal he claims are necessary "to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law." President Biden wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post that his proposals are necessary to restore public trust in the judicial system. "We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power and restore the public's faith in our judicial system." Biden is upset that the current Supreme Court has made a number of rulings that...
The situation in the Middle East was shaken on Tuesday when Israel announced that it had killed Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah's most senior military commander, with an attack on a headquarters building in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. In a separate incident, Iran announced that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political wing, was killed in Iran. Iran describes Haniyeh's killed as "an assassination." Hamas and Iran are both blaming Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces declined to comment on Haniyeh's...
On Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces attacked a building in a suburb in Beirut, Lebanon. Among the dead was top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr. Shukr is believed to have been a planner in the senseless killing of 241 Marines in Lebanon in 1983. On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) speaking in a phone interview with the Alabama Press Corps, applauded the killing of Shukr – who is believed to have been involved in the senseless rocket attack that killed 14 teens and c...
The legal watchdog Judicial Watch announced that it has filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against NBC for airing obscene and indecent content from the Olympics Opening Ceremony. The Judicial Watch FCC complaint was filed by Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "NBC and its various stations/outlets on TV, cable and Internet carried (and continues to make available) the Olympics Opening Ceremony on July 26, which included an adult male purposefully exposing...
On Wednesday, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said that the arrest and indictment of Terry Andrew Heflin of Clay County, Alabama for felony absentee ballot fraud sends the message that we are serious about election integrity. "I have been traveling this state and talking about absentee ballot application fraud and absentee ballot election fraud for years," said Allen. "I have been clear from day one that I take election fraud seriously, and I was not kidding. When my office was made aware o...
July 31, 2024 – U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), respectively Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on Wednesday wrote Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald L. Rowe Jr. seeking information regarding the U.S. Secret Service's Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budgetary needs. This comes after the near assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump (R). Sens. Britt and Murphy said that this is a...
August 1, 2024, former State Rep. John Rogers (R-Birmingham) was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud underprivileged children. Rogers admitted in his plea agreement to having awarded $400,000 in Jefferson County Community Service dollars to the Piper Davis recreational league run by "Coach" Fred Plump. Instead of the money going to the underprivileged children Plump (who was elected to the Alabama Legislature himself in 2022 with Rogers' endorsement)...
On July 29, 2024, the national debt surpassed $35 trillion for the first time in our nation's history. Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) voiced his disapproval of the U.S. surpassing this unprecedented milestone, just a short few months after the nation's debt crossed over to $34 trillion on January 4th. This number represents $103,827 per citizen and $267,404 for every American taxpayer. "Our national debt reaching $35 trillion is a direct result of President Biden and the Uniparty's...
On Thursday, the United States and Russian engaged in the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following the prisoner swap between the U.S., Russia, and U.S. allies. Rogers welcomed the return of the captives but expressed concern that the U.S. had freed some very dangerous individuals to facilitate those releases. "I am relieved that this ordeal for Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and...
On Monday, Dr Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The hearing lasted just over three hours, but with the number of questions that the public has about COVID-19's origins, the science behind the closures and mask mandates, the safety of the vaccine, and the process behind "Operation Warp Speed" the hearing could have been three days, not three hours....
For most Americans the first week of July is the heart of their summer and a celebration of the freedoms we enjoy in this country. For former Trump political aid and conservative news commentator Steve Bannon the first week of July will be the end of his personal freedom. A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to begin his four-month prison sentence by July 1. Bannon has appealed his contempt of Congress conviction. In 2022, Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress because he...
On Monday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) announced that she and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), along with their colleagues Senators Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), and Rick Scott (R-Florida) have recently introduced the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act. This legislation is aimed at helping protect small businesses from the financial burden of top-down federal regulations. "I'm proud to join my colleagues in introducing this commonsense legislation to alleviate...
The Auburn University Department of Athletics announced recently that season tickets are available to the general public for the 2024 football season. Tickets start at just $495 for the whole home season. Public season tickets are upper-level locations only and are not renewable year after year. Members of Tigers Unlimited had until May 31 to pay the balance owed on their football season ticket renewals. Lower level Tigers Unlimited Football season tickets begin at only $805; while upper level...
On Thursday, Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell wants changes in the jail; and he wants those changes now. In a move designed to force the County Commission to give him what he wants, Sheriff Harrell announced that he is evacuating the Autauga County Metro Jail due to health and safety issues. Harrell was appointed Sheriff 18 months ago after longtime Sheriff Joe Sedinger died in office. "On January 16, 2023 I was appointed as Sheriff of Autauga County by Governor Kay Ivey. On that day, I...
On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) joined the leaders of Alabama Mineral Springs LLC today to celebrate the company's ambitious five-year project to sustainably distribute mineral-rich water from a free-flowing spring in Chilton County. Alabama Mineral Springs LLC is officially starting production today at a new $6 million bottling plant at the location where natural spring water was first discovered around 165 years ago. Gov. Ivey attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company whic...
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) released a video on Wednesday to honor the 80th anniversary of D-Day, paying tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought on June 6, 1944. Governor Ivey reflected upon the courage of the servicemembers and honors the memory of those who never returned. The governor shares a personal connection to this historic day, recounting her father, B.N. Ivey's landing at Normandy six days after the initial invasion. "Today marks a solemn and significant day in our...
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) blasted Democrats' contraception bill as more "scare tactics" on the part of Senate Democrats. Britt's remarks were made during a floor speech ahead of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York)'s controversial decision to bring the partisan Right to Contraception Act bill for a vote that is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5. Britt accused Democrats of waging a deliberate "Summer of Scare Tactics" messaging campaign to aid them in their bid...
On Wednesday, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were safely launched into Earth orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. The Boeing Starliner is on a mission that will take it to the International Space Station (ISS). Much of the work on Starliner was done at the United Launch Alliance (ULA) facility in Decatur. ULA is a jointly owned and operated subsidiary of Boeing and Lockheed. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said on X,...
