While President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is beginning the process to undergo an FBI background check, the intensive review may not provide the ...

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 ...

An FBI background check for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was transmitted late Friday to the leading members of the Senate Armed Services ...

President-elect Trump's transition team has signed on to an agreement for the FBI to vet the incoming administration's cabinet nominees, the transition team announced Tuesday. Trump's team says it ...

Donald Trump’s transition team on Tuesday signed a memo with the Justice Department that could pave the way for background checks on, and security clearances for, his nominees. That may not be enough ...

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 ...