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

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 ...

White House Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl joins ABC News Live to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's ...

Tenn., a prominent ally of Donald Trump, said the president-elect would fire members of his Cabinet who don't follow the policy he sets out.

ABC host Jonathan Karl pressed Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) after he suggested that FBI background checks for President-elect ...

You might never do anything to harm a child, but a lot of things can go wrong when you are alone with a child who is not your ...

The transition also has not signed an agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that would allow the agency to do ...

But Adm. SAMUEL PAPARO, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command speaking on a panel about the threats posed by autocrats, ...

The Trump transition’s unprecedented delay in signing the agreements has so far prevented the incoming administration from ...

The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House ... This time, he appears poised to dispense with the FBI checks and potentially with the Senate confirmation process by making ...

Some of President-elect Trump's Cabinet and White House picks have garnered a cacophony of criticism. But while plenty of controversial picks remain, some Democrats have expressed leniency — even ...