Alabama

• Governor Ivey orders flags at half staff in honor of Pope Francis
• State Lawmaker offers bill to remove SEL curriculum in public schools in AL
• APLS chairman says lost federal funding for libraries is restore in ETF budget
• State Fire Marshal says fire at VA home in Enterprise was accident
• Huntsville family holds press conference re: missing Ronald Dumas Jr.

National

• SecDef Hegseth rips into NYT for another article over Signal app chat
• SCOTUS puts halt on Trump's deportation of illegal aliens
• Jury finds wife of Bob Menendez guilty of bribery along with her husband
• Carlos Vigano responds to death of Pope with more criticism of his words
• WEF founder Klaus Schwab to step down from board immediately