Alabama

• Sen. Tuberville offers the "Student Athlete Act" into the US Senate
• AG Steve Marshall supports bill restricting interference with first responders
• Verbal attacks exchanged between two GOP candidates in Lt. Governor race
• A group of midwives are asking AL Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that requires hospital licensure for birthing centers
• U of A students file lawsuit against administration for cancelling 2 student led magazines
• Today another "Christ or Chaos" debate to be held at Troy University with 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson

National

• US sends 15 point peace plan to Iran as part of negotiations
• Markwayne Mullins is sworn in as new Secretary of DHS
• TSA agents get relief at airports by ICE agents, during partial government shutdown
• US Senate confirms now assistant attorney general over fraud division in DOJ
• BLM activist in Boston must repay $200K in misused charity money 
• CEO of Cybersecurity consulting firm says they recognized Covid as a bioweapon from the start.