Tommy Tuberville

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.

Republican senators, including Tommy Tuberville of Alabama are gathering behind closed doors to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and lead their new majority next year — a decision that could shape the future of the Senate, and the party, as Donald Trump reclaims the presidency.

The Pentagon says its controversial military travel policy for reproductive health care was used just 12 times from June to December last year. The policy prompted a political blockade on military promotions by Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville.

This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to "never quit," and then did just that. The U.S. Senate approved the last military promotions blockaded by Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, ending his months long campaign over the Pentagon’s travel policy related to abortion.

The Senate unanimously confirmed eleven top-ranking military officers, ending a months-long blockade staged by a single Republican, Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.

The U.S. House has passed a defense policy bill that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades. Supporters overcame objections from some conservatives concerned it didn't do enough on cultural issues, such as restricting the Pentagon's diversity initiatives and gender-affirming health care for transgender service members. The measure comes despite the just ended blockade by Alabama. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville.

Senator Tommy Tuberville said that he's ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues about the toll it was taking on military families and clearing the way for hundreds of nominations to be approved soon. Alabama Public Radio focused on Tuberville retreat during its preview feature for NPR’s All Things Considered on the GOP Debate at the University of Alabama.

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville said he's open to negotiating an end to his blockade of almost 400 military nominees after meeting with fellow Republican senators on Tuesday, signaling a shift after he has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy for more than nine months.

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.

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.