Birmingham immigration lawyer Mike Shabani is advising foreign citizens to keep their documentation, and an attorney’s number, on hand in 2025. Following campaign promises from President-elect Donald Trump to enact the biggest deportation effort in American history,

Overall turnout was 58.85%, marking the first time it was below 60% since the 1988 race between George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis.

Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District race is officially the most expensive U.S. House contest in state history. U.S. Representative-elect Shomari Figures, a Democrat from Mobile, and Republican nominee Caroleene Dobson collectively raised $6.

More than two-thirds of Alabama voters cast straight ticket ballots in the general election on Nov. 5, marking a single oval at the top to choose all the candidates in their preferred party.

Not a surprise, but a closer look at data in recent presidential elections as Madison County’s population has grown, the Democratic Party’s share of the votes has been slowly following suit. Of the five biggest Alabama counties,

I’ve been here for most of my life, I’ve been able to build all of this for myself, and I would not willingly return."

As activists seek to curb access to books and even hold them criminally liable, librarians ask people to listen, read and engage with them.

If Democrats benefit from higher turnout and Trump is unpopular, they could heavily defeat Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.

GOP state officials argued that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule created earlier this year would be a strong incentive for immigrants to remain in the U.S. illegally.

Long distances to polling places on tribal lands and little to no public transportation are among the hurdles cited.

During the first Trump administration, several of Alabama's Republican politicians broke ranks with their party's leader over the issue.