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

A new report indicates that members of Donald Trump's transition team will not be undergoing background checks before his inauguration.

At issue is a memorandum of understanding under which a president — or in this case, an incoming one — submits requests for ...

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,” ...

Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty suggested that Americans don't care about traditional FBI background checks for President-elect ...

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

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

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

How Trump can bypass FBI background checks and security clearance for his key cabinet picks - President-elect allegedly ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump has criticized the FBI for its slow investigation process and feared it would delay his ability ...