Republicans senators returned to Washington after Thanksgiving recess to a renewed peppering of questions about ...

Key Republican senators promised on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, will be ...

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

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

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

In the end, it is the Republicans that are going to have to make a decision if these people are qualified for these jobs,” ...

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

Amid reports that Trump may not conduct FBI background checks for his cabinet nominees—and a bipartisan clamor the Senate may insist on them—a new battle over the new administration's picks ...

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

Other Senate Republicans, however, say the FBI should retain its leading role in conducting background checks, and Sen. Joni ...