Alabama Reflector

12/25/2025

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House last month, killing one, was charged in federal court Wednesday, moving the case out of the local court system.

West Virginia National Guard members Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe were shot while on patrol in Washington, D.C., the day before Thanksgiving.

12/24/2025

Federal prosecutors have sent a million more pages related to deceased s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein to the Department of Justice, which plans to release them in the coming weeks, officials said Wednesday.

Justice Department staff wrote in a social media post the documents came from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and that FBI agents plan to review the information before release “in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders.”

12/24/2025

Via Stateline: GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterms.

GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterms.

12/24/2025

Alabama Medicaid enrollees led the nation in receiving contraceptives from public health departments in 2023, according to a recent report. https://ow.ly/bUKr50XKsfv

12/24/2025

President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. https://ow.ly/pivW50XNSXc

12/23/2025

The president is only empowered to federalize National Guard units when the troops are enforcing laws that regular military forces are legally allowed to enforce, the court said in a ruling from its emergency docket that will apply while the merits of the case are argued.

12/23/2025

The DOJ opinion is written by Joshua Craddock, who joined the DOJ in July after years of writing about his views that life begins at fertilization and there should be legal protections beginning from that stage of life. His views include opposition to traditional in vitro fertilization, a perspective he has written about with Lila Rose, the founder and president of anti-abortion organization Live Action. He has also advocated for using an 1873 anti-obscenity law called the Comstock Act as a means to prohibit the mailing of abortion medication

The DOJ opinion was written by Joshua Craddock, whose views include opposition to traditional in vitro fertilization and calls for the use of the 1873 Comstock Act to prohibit the mailing of medication abortion.

12/23/2025

The Justice Department has faced heat for opting to release the files in batches instead of adhering to the congressionally mandated full release of the files by mid-December.

The U.S. Department of Justice has faced backlash for its piecemeal rollout of the files beginning Dec. 19, despite a legal mandate to release the full set on that date.

12/23/2025

Via Stateline: New research suggests the country is missing its biggest opportunity to prevent youth homelessness — by intervening well before a young person reaches a shelter and years before they are chronically homeless. https://ow.ly/xgWL50XNJ8e

12/23/2025

A new report released by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) suggests changes in federal student reporting may affect the reported number of Hispanic students in Alabama schools, a change which also led to an increase in students who identify as “two or more races.” https://ow.ly/evBz50XNrYI

12/23/2025

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Friday upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that alleged that inmates were being forced to labor in involuntary servitude in violation of the state constitution. https://ow.ly/83Gf50XNp5i

12/23/2025

Via Louisiana Illuminator: President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Gov. Jeff Landry would serve as his special envoy to Greenland. https://ow.ly/HEkY50XNtcX