Donald Trump

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.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent a second day Tuesday on Capitol Hill meeting privately with Republican senators. Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is one of the lawmakers still in favor of Hegseth’s nomination.

Alabama’s two U.S. Senators are giving very different answers on Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General. Newly resigned Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz was under a House Ethics investigation for alleged sex crimes.

Based on Donald Trump's first term and his campaign statements, the United States will become less predictable, more chaotic, colder to allies and warmer to some strongmen, and much more transactional in picking friends globally than before. European country where all this seems okay is Serbia. That’s according to Tamara Bajcic. She’s CEO of the fact checking, anti-disinformation, think tank in Belgrade called DEMOSTAT. APR first met Bajcic at the invitation of the U.S. State Department.