Once Trump takes office, he can give security clearances to anyone — even those whose FBI background checks don’t pass muster.
There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding some of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations. Perhaps the most alarming ...
President Trump's transition team has agreed to allow the FBI to vet incoming cabinet nominees with background checks, they ...
Donald Trump’s choice to run the FBI, Kash Patel, is already demonstrating how he’d use the country’s top law enforcement ...
In his bid to be defense secretary, Pete Hegseth is facing a smear campaign that, if successful, could lead to similar ...
With the Trump team slow-rolling a traditional process, here’s what background checks are – and why they might not even ...
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk may be on the same team now that Donald Trump has named them co-chairs of the still-in-the-works Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE, but behind closed doors, ...
Jim McGovern flamed President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks for being riddled with sexual assault allegations and being ...
As the Senate prepares for a leadership transition, outgoing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called upon incoming Republican Leader John Thune to uphold the Senate's constitutional duty of 'advice ...
Democratic strategist James Carville has a sneaking suspicion that his former colleague is behind President-elect Donald ...
President-elect Donald Trump's education secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, is under a microscope for her lack of experience ...
The post-election stretch has turned into a high-pressure test of the allegiances of Republican senators — to Trump, and to ...