Trump advisors reportedly recommended in a memo to the transition team that private firms, rather than the FBI, conduct ...

Last week, CNN reported that Trump’s transition team is bypassing standard FBI background checks for some of his Cabinet ...

In the end, it is the Republicans that are going to have to make a decision if these people are qualified for these jobs,” ...

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar emphasized Sunday the importance of FBI background checks for Trump’s Cabinet nominees, which ...

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who was rumored to be on Trump’s shortlist to serve as Treasury secretary, said most American’s ...

Three regional U.S. senators are among those emphasizing the need for the nation’s top law enforcement agency to continue ...

The Trump transition team hasn’t signed the required paperwork for cabinet choices to get FBI background checks the Senate ...

CNN reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is opting to bypass traditional FBI background checks for ...

Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team's decision to bypass the traditional FBI background checks for some of its nominees is concerning some in the legal and national security communities.

“In this case, I am concerned with all these nominees … if we do not have an agreement for FBI background checks,” Klobuchar added in her “This Week” appearance. “As far as I ...