Some people in Trump’s corner are suggesting allowing private investigators to vet high-level nominees instead of the FBI ...

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

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

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

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

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

Patel would replace Christopher Wray, who was appointed by Trump in 2017 but quickly fell out of favor with the president and ...

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

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

The FBI has vetted cabinet picks since President Dwight D Eisenhower was in the White House. But if he so chooses, Donald Trump, himself a convicted felon, can bypass background checks for those ...

The Trump transition team has so far not signed ... an incoming one — submits requests for name and background checks and the FBI commits to flagging to the White House any adverse information ...