Confirmation hearings for Cabinet members nominated by President-elect Trump are underway. The FBI conducts background checks focusing on "character and conduct" of the nominees. What's involved?

The FBI is asking for help finding a woman accused of assaulting a federal officer after a protest in the East Bay turned ...

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday it is essential that President-elect Donald Trump initiate FBI background checks on his nominees. “We require these background checks of DEA agents ...

The FBI “failed to act" on a “clear warning sign" that the bureau was the “target" of a Hillary Clinton-led effort to “manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political ...

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 ...

Trump team makes a deal to clear the way for FBI background checks on cabinet picks. READ MORE: Sign up for DailyMail.com's daily political email By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR and ...

The 19-year-old gunman who forced his way into a St. Louis school and killed two people purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check stopped him from buying ...

Their love for law enforcement is no more. Conservatives’ blind support for the badge ended on Monday after the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.

The FBI said a record-setting number of gun background checks were processed this Black Friday, a possible indicator of higher firearm sales. This year the National Instant Criminal Background ...

FBI background checks a necessity, Amy Klobuchar says “In the end, it is the Republicans that are going to have to make a decision if these people are qualified for these jobs,” the senator said.