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Senate Democrats are trying a new workaround to confirm hundreds of military officers blocked by Senator Tommy Tuberville, ten months after the Alabama Republican first said he would object to the nominations over a Pentagon abortion policy.

Two U.S. Army soldiers were killed and 12 others injured after a military transport vehicle flipped on a dirt road leading to a training area in Alaska, officials said. The single-vehicle accident happened Monday as the soldiers headed to the Yukon Training Area near Salcha, or about 30 miles southeast of Fairbanks, the 11th Airborne Division said in a statement. Investigators from the Army Combat Readiness Center northwest of Dothan will look into the incident.

Today marks twenty-two years since the nine eleven terrorist attacks on the United States. Alabama Public Radio reached out to its listeners for their stories from that day, for the twentieth anniversary. There was a flood of responses.

Top defense officials are accusing Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America's national security with his hold on roughly 300 military promotions, raising the stakes in a clash over abortion policy that shows no signs of easing.

The U.S. Senate is back in session and the controversy continues involving Alabama’s senior U.S. Senator. Republican Tommy Tuberville is continuing a blockade against military promotions. The issue is over the Pentagon’s policy to allow servicemen and women to travel to states where abortion is legal. Even Tuscaloosa area veterans are speaking out over the matter.

The Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation's military operating, avoiding partisan policy battles with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. Still unresolved, though, is Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville's refusal to allow the quick confirmation of hundreds of military nominations and promotions in the Senate.

Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville continues blocking military promotions over a Pentagon policy on abortion. President Biden says the lawmaker’s actions are irresponsible. Republican voters in Alabama apparently see the situation

President Joe Biden on Thursday said it is "irresponsible" of a Republican senator from Alabama to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or reproductive care.

The Army officer tapped to be the service's next chief of staff outlined for senators on Wednesday his plan to fix what he described as the service's top challenge — rebuilding recruiting — as it becomes clear the Army will again fall short of its enlistment goal. More than 260 are being stalled by Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who is blocking confirmation of all senior military officers

President Joe Biden's pick to serve as America's top military officer warned senators Tuesday of the difficulties posed by any potential conflict in Asia and described how he would use lessons learned from the Ukraine war to help the U.S. military prepare. General C.G. Brown's nomination is among more than 260 being stalled by Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama