So far, President-elect Trump has selected his Cabinet without major FBI background checks on the picks, drawing skepticism ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to skip FBI background checks for some federal appointees is concerning some national ...

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

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

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,” ...

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

President-elect Trump and his team has yet to sign agreements allowing the FBI to conduct background checks on his cabinet ...

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 ...

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