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Heather Campbell lost her job working for a food bank over the summer because of federal funding cuts. Her husband serves as an officer in the Air Force in Alabama, but now he’s facing the prospect of missing his next paycheck because of the government shutdown. If lawmakers in Washington don't step in, Campbell’s husband won’t get paid on Wednesday.

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl announced his retirement Monday less than six months after finishing the Tigers' best season in program history with another trip to the Final Four. Pearl's 38-year-old son Steven Pearl, who has been on his father's coaching staff for all 11 seasons at Auburn, will take over as coach. And, about a run for the U.S. Senate?

Republican U.S. House member Barry Moore of Alabama announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate, seeking the position being vacated by Senator Tommy Tuberville who is running for governor.

Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights act of 1965, their latest long-shot attempt to revive the landmark law just days before its 60th anniversary and at a time of renewed debate over the future administration of American elections. The bill is named for the late John Lewis, who was injured during the 1965 attack on voting rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage on the narrowest of votes, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session. Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie to push it over the top. The outcome capped an unusually tense weekend of work at the Capitol, the president's signature legislative priority teetering on the edge of approval, or collapse.

An issue here in Alabama is getting traction in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers debate Donald Trump’s so called Big Beautiful Bill. Members of the upper chamber are working to set aside Medicaid funding to help rural hospitals. APR news focused on that issue during its eight month investigation into the new U.S. House seat in District two.

Work continues in the U.S. Senate on what Donald Trump calls his big beautiful budget bill. Critics are concerned about possible cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP nutrition program. Alabama Medicaid says about a quarter of state residents gets health coverage this way. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says three quarters of a million Alabamians use SNAP

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Thursday that he is running for the U.S. Senate, seeking the position being vacated by Senator Tommy Tuberville.

Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after a career as a head football coach at Auburn and three other major college programs, announced Tuesday that he is running for governor of Alabama next year

Democratic Senators Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut went to the Senate floor and tried to force a vote on a resolution disapproving of the Qatari gift. The Middle Eastern nation wants to give Donald Trump a thirteen year old Boeing 747 to be the latest Presidential aircraft known as Air Force One. But it was blocked by Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville.