7. Radio legend and ESPN’s Paul Finebaum has already said Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer “has just made a mess out of a great situation” after losing eight games in two years, but DeBoer himself acknowledged the Alabama standard by saying “I wouldn’t doubt” that national titles will define his tenure.

6. The Alabama Department of Public Health is weighing whether to adopt the federal government’s rescheduling of certain medical marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III after temporarily objecting to the automatic change and holding a public hearing, after deciding it wasn’t going to rubber-stamp Washington’s decision and instead wanted to hear from the public first.

5. An Alabama trucking crackdown has sidelined more than 900 commercial drivers for English-language violations as fatal commercial vehicle crashes have fallen 20 percent compared to the same period last year.

4. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) slammed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a “thug,” saying “Get him the hell out of here and send him to Gitmo” because “the guy hates this country.”

3. Democrat U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) admitted his party has “no plan for immigration” and that “All we are is opposition to Trump,” even as a new Fox News poll shows Democrats holding a narrow 50% to 49% edge over Republicans on which party would do a better job on the issue while also leading on the generic House ballot and the economy.

2. Alabama Power joined President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge to keep data center costs off customers, while U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) is the latest Alabama Democrat to buck Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Trump by backing a moratorium on new AI data centers.

1. President Donald Trump said he is “close” to deciding on a “massive attack” against Iran that would be “bigger than ever before,” following Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers and rising oil prices, while stressing he has not yet made a final determination.

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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.