7. Alabama football fans are speaking out against a University of Alabama student government association suggestion for a game-day color dress code schedule, calling it a “gimmick,” prompting the group to delete the post and limit comments.

6. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is backing the Protecting American Taxpayers Act, an anti-fraud bill that would claw back more than $65 billion in unused COVID-era funds and strengthen protections against wasteful federal spending.

5. Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter launched the statewide Alabama Career Pathways Program with a $250 million workforce investment aimed at expanding career and technical education so students can train for high-demand skilled trades.

4. Republican congressional candidate Hampton Harris is targeting Trump-endorsed State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) over his 2019 vote for the Rebuild Alabama Act gas tax increase, with a campaign mailer declaring “Every time you fill up, Rhett Marques costs you.”

3. U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) clashed over the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act, with Figures stepping out of the normal Democrat mold in calling the spending level “outrageous,”  meanwhile Rogers plans to seek a waiver to remain the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.

2. The media and their Democrats’ anti-data center push continues, Doug Jones, the cowardly caretaker former junior senator in an ill-fitting suit, who looks like he just woke up and stole his shoes from a homeless person and who will never be governor, attorney general, or U.S. Senator again, said Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) will turn Alabama into a data center “dumping ground” for billionaires and called for a one-year moratorium on the projects.

1. President Donald Trump said there is “a good chance” new talks with Iran could yield a breakthrough after pausing airstrikes recently, but allies worry his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could pull the U.S. deeper into the conflict, which means nothing.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.