Alabama

• HB 244 would ban teaching of gender identity in K-12 public schools in AL
• Gov. Ivey responds to 50% slash of employees in US Dept. of Education
• Sen. Tuberville approves of steps to reduce Dept of Ed as a "good start"
• AL House to consider post election audit bill on first day back from break
• AL National Guard reaches recruitment level sought for 2025 within 6 months

National

• Dem leader Chuck Schumer threatens a government shutdown over CR bill
• FBI issues fraud indictment against a director within CBP agency
• EPA director to resolve air quality cases backlogged during Biden admin
• Journalist Julie Kelly to follow legal challenge to EPA for cutting off Billions $
• Border Czar Tom Homan calls out NY governor for resistance to aiding ICE
• SoS Rubio weighs in on Mahmoud Khalil case and his imminent deportation
• State of Utah passes a ban on flouride being put in public water systems.