Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is beginning the process to undergo ...

Confirmation hearings are underway for key staff positions in the upcoming administration as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House next week. As part of the confirmation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet ...

The White House has quietly directed the FBI to halt the background check process for dozens of President Donald Trump's top staffers, and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources familiar ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin wants information from the Trump-Vance transition team on how President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees will undergo FBI background checks. In a letter to transition team co-chairs ...

Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it to ...

While President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is beginning the process to ...

(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of ...