Whether their fans are cheering “Roll Tide,” “War Eagle,” “Go Dawgs” or even “Texas, Fight!”, lawmakers across the Deep South are working on legislation to exempt student-athletes’ name-image-likeness (NIL) income from taxation. Proponents say the move will boost recruitment abilities for their schools – thereby bringing in the needed financial boost to academics – and also level the playing field for colleges that are not in states which...

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%,...