Alabama

• Governor Ivey signs post-election audit bill into state law
• AL Forestry Commission issues Fire Alert for entire state as drought continues
• Magic City Acceptance Academy seeks to expand its LGBTQ education despite falling scores and enrollment
• FL doctor indicted for manslaughter in surgery that removed AL man's liver
• Freedom Caucus Network says AL legislature too corrupt to start a chapter
• Angela Shepherd interview about the impetus for the post-election audit bill

National

• Trump claims AI pic was about him being Red Cross doctor not being Jesus
• VP Vance says Ai pic was Trump's off beat humor being misunderstood
• Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit from Trump against WSJ
• Eric Swallwell to leave Congress as well as CA governor's race over sexual assault accusations
• Washington Post journalist enters guilty plea re: Child pornography
• Study by Children's Health Defense Fund shows Ivermectin helping cancer patients