John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence during President Trump's first term, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the CIA — the first person to have held both jobs.

The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review.

An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings is pleading not guilty in state court. 22-year-old Damien McDaniel is accused of killing 11 people between July and September of ...

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

President Trump plans to nominate a conservative critic of the mainstream media, L. Brent Bozell III, to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America.

Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday in Park City, Utah. There are about 90 features premiering across the 11 days, including one surrounding the Alabama prison system, with screenings starting ...

From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.

Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past." ...

The University of Alabama's School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) will be awarding books to school libraries through the SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt (and Beyond) program. The ...

One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.