Alabama

• The 2025 state legislative session officially underway
• Governor Ivey delivers "State of the State" address
• Garlan Gudger is unanimously voted in as Senate President Pro Tim
• Speaker Ledbetter says no expansion of Medicaid in this legislative session
• An advocacy group supports the "What is a Woman" bill from Susan Dubose
• The ALGOP releases its legislative priorities for 2025 session
• A prayer for this session to be held in Montgomery on February 12th

National

• US Senator confirms Pam Bondi as next US Attorney General and Doug Collins as next Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Full senate to vote on Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
• Trump Questionnaire reveals 5K FBI agents worked on J6 prosecutions
• USAID is getting major overhaul by DOGE, Trump now eyeing the Dept. of Ed
• Trump also reveals "obliteration" plan for Iran in event of his assassination
• Numbers on illegal border crossings now plummets to all time low
• 20K federal employees are agreeing to Trump's buyout plan