An Irondale man has been sentenced to federal prison for detonating an explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney ...

Former national security adviser John Bolton said Russia and China should feel “a lot of relief” if former Democratic Rep.

The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight ...

VP-elect JD Vance is holding meetings with GOP Senators and Trump's Attorney General Pick Matt Gaetz today as the House ...

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

Trump's Cabinet picks face scrutiny as FBI background checks remain unsigned, raising concerns about vetting process.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team's decision to bypass the traditional FBI background checks for ... While there are no laws dictating the process, several executive orders and ...

At issue is a memorandum of understanding under which a president — or in this case, an incoming one — submits requests for name and background checks and the FBI commits to flagging to the ...

Top members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee rebuked DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray for skipping an end-of-year public hearing on Thursday. Committee ...

“The notion that we’re going to eliminate FBI background checks, we’re going to have recess appointments, no questions asked, is to ignore a body of experience in Congress and law that ...

The FBI has arrested and charged a supervisor with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for allegedly sharing unauthorized deportation data and other sensitive law enforcement information ...