Senior Republicans have signaled they may use a third-party agency to conduct background checks on Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.
Once Trump takes office, he can give security clearances to anyone — even those whose FBI background checks don’t pass muster.
The nomination itself is a major violation of norms; the point of FBI directors’ lengthy terms is to span administrations and ...
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz about President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his ...
Commentary: If Trump's cabinet picks are qualified, the U.S. Senate should approve them. Not all picks have been qualified.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats were the headliners. Neither supported Donald ...
I worked with him in the first Trump White House and saw his courage, discretion and capability.
President-elect Donald Trump has been nominating cabinet heads and filling other posts with little vetting of the candidates.
Several Russian state TV figures have praised Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, according to Daily Beast columnist and Russian ...
Trump made loyalty a key criteria when picking his cabinet, and was turned off by any whiff of inconstancy ... And Patel, a top Trump ally who was tapped in recent days for FBI director, fought for ...
With plenty of buzz surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s planned nominees for cabinet positions, it is understandable for opinions to form early. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was right, then, ...