Katie Boyd Britt

Members of Congress in Alabama are remembering the late U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham. The South Carolina lawmaker was one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died after a tear in his aorta, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding shared by his office.

Lulu Gribbin, of Mountain Brook, was 15 when she survived a shark attack off the coast of Florida. She lost her left hand, part of her right leg and almost her life. Gribbin’s story has inspired new federal legislation to authorize emergency alerts to mobile phones to warn beachgoers when a shark has bitten someone in the area. Her home state of Alabama approved such a warning system last year.

The campus of the now-defunct Birmingham Southern College is being purchased by the U.S. Coast Guard. In a written statement, the Coast Guard said one of the reasons the historic campus was selected is its capacity to accommodate more than 12-hundred recruits. The repurposing of the college campus is also expected to create about one-thousand jobs.

The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. The Kaiser Family Foundation says close to a half million Alabamians depend on the ACA for health coverage.

Alabama’s two U.S. Senators briefly used the website "X" to show their support for Saturday night’s U.S. Air strikes that reportedly showered three Iranian nuclear sites with a dozen or so “bunker buster” bombs and other weapons launched by B-2 stealth bombers and Navy submarines.

The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. It marks the first legislation that President Donald Trump can sign as Congress, with some bipartisan support, swiftly moved in line with his plans to crackdown on illegal immigration.

Alabama’s two U.S. Senators are giving very different answers on Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General. Newly resigned Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz was under a House Ethics investigation for alleged sex crimes.

Donald Trump attended the highly anticipated Alabama-Georgia college football matchup. Fans in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, gave him a rousing welcome. His visit Saturday evening came hours after he railed against immigrants in a small Wisconsin town.

The Senate will vote for the second time this year on legislation that would establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization — Democrats' latest election-year attempt to force Republicans into a defensive stance on women's health issues. The action follows an Alabama Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that “frozen embryos are children.”

The Alabama Republican Party joined Governor Kay Ivey and GOP members of the State’s Congressional delegation in speaking out following a shooting at a Donald Trump rally that reportedly left the presumptive GOP candidate bloodied as he was whisked off the stage by the U.S. Secret Service.