Author: 1819 Media

Alabama

• GOP House members for AL all vote in favor of passing the Big Beautiful Bill
• AL Supreme Court rules in favor of police immunity in Selma lawsuit
• Homewood Council member and mayoral candidate call on ALEA to release body camera footage to family of Jabari Peoples
• The mayor of Five Points, Jeff Monroe, to run for House District 37 seat
• Former president of AL Baptist Children's Home, Paul Miller, dies at age of 83
• AG Marshall praises 1819 News for coverage of legal fight over VCAP law

National

• SCOTUS to consider state laws that ban transgender athletes in female sports
• Dept. of Labor reports 147K new jobs on payroll for month of June
• Paramount and CBS to settle with Trump over deceptive editing of interview
• EPA director places 144 employees on leave for undermining Trump agenda
• Border czar Homan says BBB will help greatly in deportation efforts
• House Speaker delivers victory speech after House passes Big Beautiful Bill right before July 4th

Alabama

• Congressman Palmer says Dems flat out lied about Medicaid cuts in BBB
• Both US senators support bill to count US citizens only for creating districts
• BAMACarry files lawsuit against city of Selma for its "gun free" zone
• ALEA cites "ongoing investigation" for not showing body camera footage from officer involved fatal shooting of Jabari Peoples
• ALGOP offering new financial disclosures and procedures ahead of elections
• President Trump appoints Randall Jones of Guntersville to TVA board
• Woman gives birth on sidewalk just steps away from birthing center entrance

National

• President Trump says tariff deal has been reached with Vietnam
• Federal judge rules that Trump cannot limit asylum claims, WH to appeal
• The DOJ gets criminal referral of Christopher Wray from Oversight Project
• DHS Noem says encounters at US Mexico border at lowest number in history
• NYC jury delivers mixed verdict for Sean Combs, judge still denies bond
• Socialist mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdami, found on videos that leave no doubt he is a raging socialist seeking power over that city.

Alabama

• Tuberville and Britt laud the BBB after it passed the US Senate on Tuesday
•  Trump likes Alligator Alcatraz, suggest that AL is doing something similar 
• AG Marshall calls for governor to reappoint chairman of Pardons and Paroles
• University of AL still using woke gender terms in policy and code of conduct
• Circuit court judge refuses to issue injunction over smokable hemp ban
• Governor's office says accounts now ready for those enrolled in Choose act

National

• Trump believes BBB will pass easily in US house despite changes by Senate
• House Speaker Johnson seems confident the BBB will pass this week
• DOJ begins process of revoking citizenship for those convicted of crime
• DOJ and FBI headquarters to remain in DC in order to work together
• Stanford medicine will end its transgender surgeries for minors
• University of PA to revoke swimming record/awards for "Lia" Thomas
• Jury in Sean Combs case reach verdict in 4 out of 5 charges, deliberations to continue on Wednesday

Alabama

• Two senators agree to change AI language in BBB that governors objected to
• Governor Ivey issues a $100K grant to town of New Brockton
• Construction company owner says E-verify is easy to circumvent by illegals
• Attorney for family of Jabari Peoples demand release of police body camera
• Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl downplays rumors he wants to run for Senate
• Trussville man survives being sucked into drain pipe by flood waters

National

• Idaho sniper who killed firefighters is identified as 20 year old Wess Roley
• 82 year old dies from burn injuries from attack in Boulder, CO last month
• US senate fails to pass provision that removes illegal aliens from Medicaid
• House Freedom Caucus not happy with increase to deficit in BBB
• British rapper calling for death to Israel has visa revoked to perform in US
• WH responds to Democrat mayoral candiate in NYC and his bad rap
• RNC and AZ GOP files lawsuit against state for non residents voting 
• A jury is now deliberating in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial in NYC
• President Trump to visit Alligator Alcatraz in FL today.

Martha McMahon details her family's heroic effort to vindicate the name of husband Michael McMahon as he appeals his conviction of stalking and violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act. 

Michael McMahon is a highly decorated NYPD detective who retired and became a private investigator only to find himself in the crosshairs of a weaponized FBI and DOJ after he took part in a seemingly innocuous case that had ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

Alabama

• Sen. Britt talks about the Big Beautiful Bill after it advances in US Senate
• 17 governors including Ivey are opposed to AI regulations written in BBB
• GA Congresswoman delivers speech in Huntsville despite threats/protests
• Four Hemp companies file lawsuit to stop new state law on smokable hemp
• Mobile mayoral race is now down to 4 candidates after 2 drop out of race
• Leeds native Emma Terry is named Miss Alabama over the weekend

National

• Idaho firefighters lured into trap and shot at, 2 killed, gunman also dead
• BBB now under debate in Senate, Democrats employ delay tactics
• Sen. Thom Tillis did not vote to advance the BBB, now says he's not seeking re-election after Trump blasts him for No vote
• Trump reveals that there is a group wanting to buy Tik Tok from ByteDance
• DOJ says FBI agents were tracked by cartel though hacked Mexico City camera system
• IDF kills Hamas military leader in air strike to Gaza City, the Grand Ayatollah in Iran declares Fatwa on US and Israeli leaders

Alabama

• SCOTUS ruling affects states seeking to defund Planned Parenthood
• GOP congressmen say SCOTUS ruling is a win for Life and taxpayers
• New state law allows for private/charter schools to hire resource officers
• AG Marshall talks about hemp businesses covering for sale of marijuana
• AL Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission to revoke certification of Walker County sheriff
• Escambia's sheriff installed as sergeant-at-arms for National Sheriff's association
• Gov. Ivey sets date for another state execution by way of nitrogen hypoxia

National

• Senate Parliamentarian makes major changes to BBB, GOP senators faced with choice to cave or over ride her advice
• SCOTUS shrinks window of time for appealing a deportation order
• DOJ to seek deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he awaits criminal trial
• TN congressman asks DOJ to denaturalize NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
• Gary Bauer of Family Research Council says Trump made important statement that media is ignoring

Alabama

• Republican Matt Woods is winner of special election for Senate District 5
• Sen.Tuberville praises Trump for having the guts to take on Iran
• Indiana Governor Mike Braun endorses Tuberville for governor in 2026
• ALEA says marijuana was seized in raids of Hemp stores in 4 AL cities
• A total of 37 immigration arrests made in Gulf Shores at construction site
• Montgomery Area Crime Suppression Unit hits one year mark of operations
• Birmingham Water Works votes on name change, now Central Alabama Water

National

• Trump says historic agreement reached to increase funding of NATO defense
• SefDec Hegseth takes on CNN leak story, says Iran's nuclear facilities GONE
• WH Press Secretary says FBI now investigating the illegal intelligence leak
• Secretary of Energy says Biden Admin spent $90B in 70 days after Trump win
• House Judiciary subpoenas former executives at embattled ActBlue
• China's military tech lab  unveils drone the size and look of a mosquito

Alabama

• Sen. Tuberville co-sponsors bill: Safe And Open Streets Act
• US Attorney General Pam Bondi supports move of FBI personnel to Redstone
• ICE arrests Blount county man with ties to Iranian military as sniper
• 30 immigration arrests made at construction site in Gulf Shores
• ALEA raids hemp businesses for potentially selling marijuana as well 
• Congressman Moore blasts democrats for latest articles of impeachment
• SoS Wes Allen announces new ballot security feature for primaries in 2026

National

• NYTimes and CNN claim US airstrikes not as successful as president claims
• President Trump fires back that nuclear facilities were obliterated
• Speaker Johnson tells lawmakers to not leave town but work on BBB
• FBI leadership reveals more about China election interference and coverup
• DOJ  legally challenges Washington state law re: Catholic priests /confession
• DHS gives green light for Alligator Alcatraz to be built in Florida Everglades
• TX grand jury indicts high school track athlete for stabbing death of student
• Sean "Diddy" Combs trial in NYC wraps up by end of this week

Alabama

• Two Congressman react to Iran's missile launch against US military base
• State Party leaders have vastly different takes on Trump order to bomb Iran
• AG Marshall talks SCOTUS ruling and other state's passing similar VCAP law
• Governor Ivey appoints Grace Jeter as Covington county circuit judge
• Whitewater Park in Montgomery not keeping head above water financially
• Today is qualifying deadline to run in a municipal race in Alabama

National

• President Trump says a Ceasefire to happen between Iran and Israel
• SCOTUS gives go ahead for WH to deport illegals to 3rd party countries
• US House passes bill to defund US Taxpayer $ going to the Taliban
• 60 missing children rescued in Tampa Bay Area by multi agency operation
• WH doctor to testify to Oversight committee re: Joe Biden's mental decline