President-elect Donald Trump's transition team will lean on private companies to conduct background checks and vet potential Cabinet members in his administration, per a new report from CNN. A source ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is skipping the protocol of using the FBI to conduct background checks, according to a report. Instead, the president-elect’s team is turning to private ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Tuesday signed an agreement to allow the Justice Department to conduct background checks on his nominees and appointees after a ...

WASHINGTON — With a full slate of Cabinet nominees selected, and a roster of White House advisers announced, President-elect Donald Trump officially launched the presidential transition last week by ...

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 ...

On the surface, President-elect Donald Trump's transition is ahead of schedule, with intended nominees for almost all Cabinet posts already announced. But, because of a paperwork problem, Trump's team ...

Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Justice Department, paving the way for the team to seek FBI background checks on the president-elect’s appointees. The ...