Author: 1819 Media

Alabama

• State senator believes legislative review will to happen for LGBTQ charter school in Birmingham
• Governor Ivey appoints Ashley Seibert as District judge for Baldwin county
• Team of aviation experts from Fort Novosel in DC now re: recent crash
• CEO of the TVA, Jeff Lyash, is planning to retire this year
• Sen. Britt opens new regional office in Dothan
• Sand Mountain Sam predicts spring around the corner for Alabama

National

• Trump issues tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China over drugs & illegals
• Trump to release video of US taking out Islamic state terrorist leader
• FBI leadership fired along with J6 prosecutors and those within the USAID
• DHS secretary says media causing more panic on deportations than is real
• Border Czar Homan gives update on number of illegal crossings at border
• CBS hands over documents to FCC re: edited Harris interview on 60 Minutes
• DOJ just sent inquiry to Chuck Schumer over his threats in 2020 to SCOTUS

Alabama

• Dr. Eric Mackey sends memo re: ICE agents and student/school response
• Protestors in Albertville want to resist any ICE raids in that area
• Congressman Aderholt calls Albertville protests dangerous rhetoric
• A Montgomery man is charged with using charity to steal $ from the county
• Montgomery museum leaders are taking down controversial billboard
• Governor Ivey releases $40M in transportation funds for 24 projects

National

• 28 bodies pulled from Potomac following airplane collision at DC airport
• Trump orders assessment of aviation safety due to downgrade in standards from prior administration
• Pam Bondi is voted out of committee to become next US attorney general
• 3 more confirmation hearings occurred on Thursday for FBI, DNI, and HHS
• Final part of interview with producer of "Covid Collateral" documentary

Alabama

• Trump signs first bill into law, The Laken Riley Act, sponsored by Sen. Britt
• Sen. Tuberville voices his continued support of RFK Jr. to lead HHS
• AG Marshall explains his involvement in letter to Costco over DEI
• State lawmaker files "Good Dad Act"  giving more custody rights to Fathers
• Mobile teacher seeking to thwart ICE agents now on paid leave from school

National

• Trump issues quotas for immigration offices that equals 1,800 arrests per day
• Trump also opens up Guantanamo Bay prison for most dangerous deportees
• DHS Sec. Noem rescinds protection of Venezuelan migrants from deportation
• Resigned NJ senator Bob Menendez sentenced to prison for bribery
• AG for Missouri confident of lawsuit win against China over Covid 19
• Part 3 of conversation with documentary filmmaker re: Covid, censorship, and "medical experts"

Alabama

• Mother of death row inmate seeks to stop his scheduled execution
• AG Marshall appeals to Costco to stop DEI policies & their legal exposure
• Retired DHS agent says left wing media causing panic over ICE raids
• Police Standoff in Shelby County ends with father & son found dead
• Sen. Tuberville to chair Armed Services subcommittee on Personnel
• Democrat Terri Sewell insists on blaming Trump over false story about Tuskegee airmen videos being removed by Air Force

National

• Trump makes payout offers to federal workers not wanting to return to office
• WH Press Secretary holds 1st meeting, shakes up who will be seated in room
• DefSec Hegseth plans to pull security detail for retired general Mark Milley
• ICE raids to expand to other cities, including Venezuelan gangs in Aurora,CO
• Kristi Norm of DHS to reinstate Coast Guard members who refused vaccine
• Part 2 of Interview with filmmaker Vanessa Dylan and her documentary, "Covid Collateral"

Alabama

• SecDef Hegseth responds to Sen. Britt post about Tuskegee Airmen videos
• Republicans in AL House finalize their legislative priorities for 2025 session
• Lt. Gov. Ainsworth calls on Congress to continue Trump tax cuts from 2017
• Two new members of AL Board of Ed to be sworn into office today
• Miss America Abbie Stockard say her win was heaven sent for a reason

National

• Trump wins big in showdown against Colombia president over deportations
• Trump issues EO to transfer transgender inmates to federal prison for males
• Trump issues EO that removes DEI training within US military forces
• Border czar Holman reacts to Selena Gomez cryfest on video over illegals
• Congressman Comer doubtful that Biden pardons can hold up in court
• Comer also wants Oversight Committee to investigate origins of "debanking'
• Documentary filmmaker Vanessa Dylan talks Covid 19 five years after the fact

Alabama

• Sen. Tuberville says US farmers are hurting and need help from USDA
• 3 AL congressmen are offering bills to prohibit China from owning US land
• A Huntsville sting operation yields 9 arrests of men seeking sex with minor
• New city policy in Mobile for horses begins ahead of Mardi Gras parades
• USDA will be dropping rabies vaccines coated in fishmeal in Gulf Shores
• Kia Automaker to recall 80K EV plug in hybrids due to wiring problem

National

• 3 confirmation hearings to be held this week for Gabbard, Kennedy & Patel
• Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noel approved as cabinet members over weekend
• Trump's border czar is mass deporting criminal illegals from Chicago
• Trump threatens massive sanctions on Columbia for turning away illegals
• CIA director to release agency study on Covid 19 lab leak theory
• LA real estate agent predicts massive shift in housing after fire destruction

Alabama

• Sen. Tuberville says Trump pardons re: J6 are justified due to House tactics
• Congressman Strong offering bill to end "Birthright citizenship"
• Mobile pastor says DC bishop derailed a tradition at prayer service for Trump
• A media group reverses decision to delete weather service in Huntsville
• The suspect in 11 murders in Birmingham enters not guilty plea in court
• Flora-Bama business now offering T-shirts with "Gulf of America"

National

• Trump made call to WEF meeting saying "Golden age of US is here"
• Trump issues more EOs on Declass of documents and pardons for pro-lifers
• John Ratcliffe confirmed by Senate as next director of CIA
• Former Politico reporters reveal bias on Hunter Biden laptop story
• Border czar Tom Holman says ICE conducting raids in sanctuary cities
• Newly appointed Secret Service director is cleaning house in agency
• Sean Davis and Tucker Carlson talk about PA assassination attempt and FBI

Alabama

• ALEA says road is clear in Pike county where 200 cars got stuck in snow
• AL Sheriff's Association says illegal alien arrests could strain facilities
• An illegal alien in Limestone county is charged with sexual abuse of minor
• Bill sponsored by Sen. Britt heads to WH for President Trump to sign
• Sen. Tuberville confident on US Space Command coming to Huntsville
• Congressman Aderholt offers bill to House the defunds Planned Parenthood

National

• 46 Dems vote for Laken Riley Act making it a bipartisan law
• Trump issues series of Executive Orders regarding US Mexico border
• Trump administration quickly dismantles Biden's gun control website
• Another secondary claim is issued against SecDef nominee Hegseth
• House speaker creates new committee on J6 and prior investigation
• New Secretary of State orders all flags removed except "Old Glory"
• Pastor at DC prayer service rebukes the Bishop for her rebuke of Trump

Prattville Pride, an LGBTQ+ organization, is set to participate in the city's February 1 Mardi Gras parade after securing a federal court order to join last December's Christmas parade.

James Cauthen, a 54-year-old battalion chief with Coweta County Fire Rescue died in Chambers County after being fatally shot while assisting a couple whose car hit a deer.

The fate of the girls at Pathway of Madison County in Owens Cross Roads is uncertain if city leaders revoke the facility's business license at a hearing on February 21. 

On his first day as the 47th U.S. president, Donald Trump signed over 100 executive orders aimed at reshaping American policies and institutions. These orders spanned a wide range of priorities, including border security, energy policy, immigration laws, and cultural issues. 

The Mobile City Council is set to vote on a resolution to exempt hearing aids from local sales tax.

Brookwood Middle School in Tuscaloosa County has been designated a priority school after receiving a D on the latest state education report card.

A growing trend called "hubbing" is affecting local TV stations. Weather information will now be provided by The Weather Channel in Atlanta rather than local meteorologists. 

Alabama man Dillon Herrington is set for a jury trial on charges of rape. 

Donald Trump is now the 47th President of the United States. Hear from 1819 News reporter Bryan Dawson who is in D.C.