Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that President-elect Trump’s picks for his next administration have “got to get ...

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

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 ...

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

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

CNN reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is opting to bypass traditional FBI background checks for ...

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

Trump team skips FBI background checks on cabinet choices The Trump transition team hasn’t signed the required paperwork for ...

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

One of the results of that is that the president's Cabinet picks aren't getting the FBI background checks that the Senate has traditionally required before confirming them. "This failure undercuts the ...

One of the results of that is that the president's Cabinet picks aren't getting the FBI background checks that the Senate has traditionally required before confirming them. "This failure undercuts ...