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

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 ...

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

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump has been bypassing FBI background investigations for his cabinet appointees in favor of ...

The thoroughness of private background checks is uncertain, too. Details emerged on Wednesday of sexual assault allegations ...

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