The Latest Breaking News from Tommy Tuberville

Tuberville's tales of dad in WWII false

The Washington Post found that some of Tuberville's claims are dubious or false

Salon · Jul 26, 2023

Sen. Tuberville's blockade of US military promotions takes a historic tradition to a radical new level – and could go beyond Congress' August break

As Congress prepares to head into its August 2023 break, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, shows no signs of ending his five-month-long hold on military promotions for several hundred senior officers, namely generals and admirals.

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2023

Manchin, Tuberville introduce college sports bill to standardize NIL rules, regulate collectives

Senators Joe Manchin and Tommy Tuberville introduced a college sports bill that would require athletes to disclose how much they money make from name, image and likeness deals, regulate collectives and agents and put restrictions in transferring players

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Editorial: Senator's 'white nationalist' gaffe gets at a wider problem within the GOP

It was in August of 2017 that then-President Donald Trump, speaking after a deadly showdown between avowed white supremacists and anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, shocked the nation by blithely declaring that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the conflict.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 17, 2023

GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville’s military blockade over abortion jeopardises national security, US Army veteran senator says

The Alabama Republican’s ‘bizarre’ protest injects culture wars into national defense, Tammy Duckworth says

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2023

Editorial: Blocking military promotions is unpatriotic

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville misses few chances to tout both his career as a college football coach and his love for the military. It’s all the more reprehensible, then, that Tuberville is single-handedly blocking the Pentagon from putting its best team on the field — and harming the country’s security…

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2023

Tuberville is showing how much power one lawmaker wields under Senate rules

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been blocking every U.S. military personnel move that needs Senate confirmation since February. Here, a look at why and how he can bend the will of the Senate to his own.

WEKU · Jul 15, 2023

Why a single senator is blocking US military promotions and what it means for the Pentagon

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

Anti-abortion senator puts nation’s military preparedness at risk

Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is holding up more than 270 military promotions because he is not happy that the Pentagon pays for travel for service members who are having an abortion.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 14, 2023

House Republicans push through defense bill limiting abortion access and halting diversity efforts

The House has passed a sweeping defense bill that provides a pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023