FIRST ON FOX: An influential conservative group is throwing its weight behind Elbridge Colby’s nomination to serve in a top position at the Defense Department.  The Heritage Foundation said, in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital, that Colby is “without question the most influential defense policy thinker in over twenty years.” “For far too long, the United States has employed the Department of Defense – and the...

The Senate votes late Thursday morning to break a filibuster on the nomination of Kash Patel to run the FBI.  Senators will vote to confirm him around 1:45 p.m. ET, with the final result due after 2 p.m ET. He will be confirmed along party lines.  Then the Senate returns to the budget framework to advance parts of President Donald Trump’s policy agenda. TRUMP APPROVAL RATING HITS 47%,...

FIRST ON FOX: A new initiative is tracking government agency spending in comparison to growth, and a conservative fiscal watchdog group has discovered what it deems to be an alarming trend.  According to OpenTheBooks, staff levels at the Department of Education have decreased since 2000, but the agency’s spending grew by 749%. OpenTheBooks says the calculation is “even more galling” after recent statistics from the National Assessment of...