President Trump this week seized on the idea of expanding background checks for firearm purchasers. Before a Wednesday visit to Dayton and El Paso, where weekend shootings left 31 dead ...

Personal background check services can be used to search publicly accessible databases to track down long-lost relatives, childhood friends, or reconnect with an old neighbor. Personal background ...

The White House has quietly directed the FBI to halt the background check process for dozens of President Donald Trump's top ...

The 1968 law requires manufacturers and dealers to run background checks, keep sales records and include serial numbers on firearms. The ATF concluded during the Biden administration that the law ...

The Supreme Court upheld a Biden-era regulation cracking down on so-called ghost guns Wednesday by requiring them to have serial numbers while would-be purchasers are subject to background checks ...

FILE - A ghost gun that police seized from an organized shoplifting crime ring is on display during a news conference at the Queens District Attorney's office in New York City, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP ...

The state is developing a unified court system that will improve background checks, but the project will take years. Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify information about TBI ...