7. Team USA loses, and you can now go back to not caring about SOCCER, Folarin Balogun played after his red card suspension was overturned following President Donald Trump’s reported intervention, but had minimal impact, and the team failed to advance.

6. The presidents of Auburn University and The University of Alabama released a joint statement opposing U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s Protect College Sports Act, arguing it would destabilize college athletics, the schools seem to be supporting congressional intervention, but not in this way.

5. The surge in illegal immigration under President Joe Biden added roughly 7 million people (a low estimate) and accounted for approximately 30% of home price growth and 20% of rent growth in average metropolitan areas from March 2021 to March 2024 as a housing demand shock amid constrained supply.

4. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed called the overnight shooting death of 6-year-old Caylee Taylor in her home a heinous tragedy and urged the district attorney and judges to impose no bond and the harshest sentence possible, while pushing for federal charges if linked to drugs or gangs.

3. NATO is still not meeting its goals, but President Donald Trump pushes them further and further to meet the goals while everyone screams that he is trying to destroy NATO, and Secretary General Mark Rutte is demanding credible plans to do so, and now there is a controversy over Trump potentially letting Turkey buy F-35s.

2. Alabama State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) pledged to bring back legislation prohibiting education payroll deductions for teachers’ unions, calling the National Education Association godless and wicked for its positions on issues including girls’ sports, LGBTQ materials, and protests.

1. Republicans really screwed up by letting Democrats nominate an accused rapist with a Nazi tattoo for U.S. Senate in Maine, according to University of Alabama law professor and terrible TV guest on MS NOW Joyce Vance, who said, “Democrats have shown they’re willing to force their own candidates out when credible allegations emerge. Republicans choose a different path with Donald Trump. The Graham Platner story highlights a difference that’s impossible to ignore.”

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.