Alabama

• Senators Tuberville and Britt call out Dems for behavior at SOTU address
• AL House passes bill to create licensing office with the Dept. of Workforce
• Bill passes committee that requires CDL drivers to read and speak English
• AL House passes bill making it a felony to invade, disrupt, obstruct churches
• Democrat running for HD 82 seat has been charged with arson in Opelika
• Stan Cooke is stepping out of race to be next Chairman of ALGOP

National

• Cuba admits to shooting and killing those on board a speedboat from the US
• VP Vance says Democrats behaved as cowards at the SOTU address
• Majority leader Thune promises SAVE Act will got to a vote on Senate floor
• Murder inmate in MI has been voting since 2020, still gets absentee ballot
• FBI agents raided the home of the LA School District superintendent
• Harvard professor Larry Summers to resign after connections to Epstein
• Bill Gates apologizes for his connection to Russian prostitutes and Epstein
• Journalist says DOJ docs on Epstein raise real questions about his death