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The Port of Mobile is bracing for Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada and Mexico which could resume as soon as March. Automakers told CBS News that new car prices could jump by six thousand dollars each if the trade war starts up again. That could hit the Port of Mobile which handles automobile shipments with Mexico.

The White House crackdown on grant money from the National Institutes of Health has universities concerned, reportedly including UAB. Donald Trump’s move against diversity programs could change how research schools spend federal dollars. The current policy allows half of NIH grants to be used for staff or other costs. The White House wants that trimmed to fifteen percent. UAB received three quarters of a billion from NIH in 2022.

The latest twist in the ongoing concern over reported White House plans to end the U.S. Department of Education came this week. The Associated Press says members of the so- called Department of Government Efficiency were seen on Monday at the Department of Education, which Trump has vowed to abolish. Observers are already speculating on what impact could come if this particular agency goes away. One belief is that small, and often conservative states like Alabama might feel the brunt of such a move.

President Trump is taking action to pardon or commute the prison sentences of over fifteen hundred people accused in the January sixth insurrection at the Capitol. We’re awaiting confirmation on whether that includes nineteen Alabamians. Russell Alford of Hokes Bluff and Joshua Black are part of that group. Each was reportedly convicted of crimes ranging from illegally possessing a dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds and disorderly conduct. Trump’s list also includes leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of failed plots to keep the Republican in power.

Donald Trump is settling into his second term in office. Now, an Associated Press analysis is using Alabama as an example of how he might try to stick around for a third. The Constitution prevents Trump from staying in office past his current term. But, the AP points out that didn’t stop George Wallace from remaining in power as governor.

The process of swearing in the next commander in chief involves parts of the Capitol that seem to get less time in the spotlight, that is, unless you go yourself. An estimated 10,000 people visit the US Capitol every day.

The Alabama Republican Party is speaking out following news that New York City judge Juan Merchan will sentence President-Elect Donald Trump this coming Friday for his conviction on thirty-four felony counts.

A U.S. Army veteran from Alabama was sentenced to probation instead of prison for his milestone conviction — and his leadership role — in a violent plot by members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

A Baldwin County man shot and killed by the FBI was reportedly assembling a militia that would answer to Donald Trump. Court documents identified the suspect as Alexander Randles and that his armed group would target Attorney General Merrick Garland among other officials considered corrupt.

New York city’s District Attorney wants to use an Alabama court strategy in Donald Trump’s fraud conviction. The defendant’s legal team calls Alvin Bragg’s idea absurd.