Alabama

• Governor Ivey orders flags at half staff to honor Ella Cook of Mountain Brook
• Sen. Tuberville calls it a badge of honor to be labeled anti-Islam by CAIR
• Lt. Gov. Ainsworth says road project funding process is abuse of taxpayer $
• An appeal is in the works over State law that bans promotion of DEI concepts
• Arkansas votes to sever ties with PBS, while Alabama remains noncommittal
• Dr. Brian Christine sworn in to head Public Health Service by HHS Secretary

National

• FBI in Rhode Island release Army soldier for lack of evidence in Brown University shooting
• President Trump files defamation lawsuit for $5B against BBC
• Trump also designates the drug fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
• House Oversight report says DC police chief pushed artificial crime data
• Nick Reiner, son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, behind bars for killing his parents
• Two Iowa National guardsmen identified as victims of ambush in Syria