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

“There are very real liabilities on the security side if you don’t get this right,” said Dan Meyer, a Washington lawyer at ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

A top GOP senator dismissed the need for the FBI to do background checks of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, ...

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

The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight ...