Alabama

• Governor Ivey approves the 2 budgets for the state for Fiscal Year 2026
• The city of Birmingham files lawsuit against Governor Ivey over BWWB
• State lawmaker making push for passage of post election audit bill
• A second hearing set for May 13th in Conecuh County sheriff's race case
• Spanish Fort library board unanimously votes for new policy in line with APLS
• Sen. Tuberville says paying for  illegal aliens to self deport saves taxpayer $

National

• SCOTUS says US military can remove transgender service members
• Trump says India ready to drop all tariffs between the two countries
• RFK Jr. applauds the EO to end gain of function research in US
• Legal group sues Chief Justice Roberts for secretly working with libs
• Columbia University announces 180 layoffs after Trump admin. cuts