Richard Craig Shelby is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he is the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, succeeding Thad Cochran. He previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. He is the longest serving U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama, surpassing Senator John Sparkman who held the previous record. Read More
An Islamic terrorist, who came to be infamously known as the "American Taliban" after his 2001 capture in Afghstan is set to be released from a US prison on Thursday, three years before he completes his 20-year-sentence, federal officials said. ...
