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AL.com stands as the top news and information website in Alabama. It is part of Alabama Media Group, which also owns the state's three major newspapers: The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, and Mobile's Press-Register. Alabama Media Group provides a variety of digital marketing services. These include audience targeting, search engine marketing, and social media optimization. They also offer creative services, data analytics, and opportunities for event sponsorships.

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Trump threatens to kill Elon Musk's contracts with government as feud heats up: 'Easiest way to save money'

1 day ago | al.com | Howard Koplowitz

President Donald Trump threatened to put a huge dent in Elon Musk’s wealth as their relationship deteriorated Thursday. In a pair of tweets on his Truth Social media platform, Trump claimed he had actually fired Musk while suggesting ending the lucrative government contracts with companies controlled by the Tesla CEO and world’s richest person. “Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave,” Trump posted.
Trump calls this ‘the biggest scandal’ in a century: ‘Fake news will try and hide it’

1 day ago | al.com | Howard Koplowitz

When President Donald Trump heard a word during his news conference Thursday with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, his mind immediately went to “the biggest scandal” in a century. “Did I hear the word ‘Autopen?’ Because I think it’s the biggest scandal maybe of the last 100 years in this country. So, when I hear that word, I think it has to be discussed because the fake news will try and hide it,” the president told reporters.
Elon Musk hits Donald Trump on 'Big Beautiful Bill' using president's old tweets

1 day ago | al.com | Howard Koplowitz

Elon Musk on Thursday used President Donald Trump’s words against him, resurrecting old Trump tweets to suggest the president is betraying his principles. Musk, who vehemently opposes Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” because the legislation increases the deficit, posted a 12-year-old tweet in which Trump criticized Republicans for raising the debt ceiling. “I am a Republican & I am embarrassed,” Trump tweeted on Jan. 13, 2023.
Donald Trump uses past tense to describe relationship with Elon Musk: Here's what 'disturbed' Musk

1 day ago | al.com | Howard Koplowitz

The bromance between President Donald Trump and the world’s richest person appears to be over. Addressing reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, used the past tense to describe his relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Look, Elon and I had a great relationship,” Trump said.
The 22-year-old Trump has running Homeland Security terrorism unit is no Doogie Howser, expert says

1 day ago | al.com | Howard Koplowitz

One year ago, Thomas Fugate was graduating college. Now, the 22-year-old former Heritage Foundation intern works for the Department of Homeland Security overseeing the prevention of hate-fueled terrorist attacks. Fugate’s portfolio includes the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, or CP3, which is tasked with preventing extremist attacks like school shootings and other hate-fueled incidents, according to ProPublica, which published an extensive profile Wednesday on Fugate.
The story of Muscle Shoals’ great unsung studio band: ‘We were doing something different’

1 day ago | al.com | Matt Wake

Singer Candi Staton in session with FAME Gang members Clayton Ivey and Bob Wray at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (Photo by FAME Studios/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Getty ImagesIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
Johnson: This Black war hero should be in our history books, despite Trump's DEI purge

1 day ago | al.com | Roy S. Johnson

This is an opinion column. Of course, I know Crispus Attucks. You probably do, too. As the first to die in the Revolutionary War — at the Boston Massacre, on March 5, 1770, Attucks was the first of five felled by British soldiers that day — he is noted in most all of our history books. Heck, he might even survive Trump’s pitiful attempt to purge all things Black from every corner of America, including history books. Attucks defines “patriot.”However, I didn’t know, sadly, about Oliver Cromwell.
Beth Thames: Instead of cutting down old trees, maybe we can learn from them

1 day ago | al.com | Beth Thames

This is an opinion columnThere was another tornado. It took out lots of trees. And we miss those trees, even after they’ve crashed onto our house during a storm, tearing down power lines and leaving us in the dark. We look around at where they used to stand tall, but now they’re lying down like wounded soldiers in some war nature fought in. All that’s left is a huge hole where the root ball was and before that, the ball itself, looking like a giant’s fist lying on the ground.
Woman shot in the head in Mobile County

1 day ago | al.com | Patrick Darrington

Police are currently looking for the individual suspected of shooting a woman in the head in Mobile County. According to WKRG News 5, Semmes Police Chief Todd Freind confirmed the shooting occurred Wednesday evening on the 7800 block of Hi Wood Circle North. Freind told the news station that they identified the shooter but he fled the scene of the incident. The woman was taken to USA Hospital but her condition was not disclosed.
Elon Musk pressures Congress to ‘kill’ Trump’s top legislative priority: ‘Bankrupting America is not OK’

1 day ago | al.com | Howard Koplowitz

Elon Musk stepped up his fight against the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on Wednesday, calling on Americans to pressure their representatives in Washington to “kill” the legislation. “Call your Senator, Call your Congressman,Bankrupting America is NOT ok!“ the Tesla CEO and world’s richest person tweeted Wednesday afternoon.