It also allows those nominees who are up for Senate confirmation to face the background ... the Biden White House had issued both public and private appeals for Trump’s team to sign on.

Once Trump takes office, he can give security clearances to anyone — even those whose FBI background checks don’t pass muster.

They came from all over Syria, tens of thousands. The first place they rushed to after the fall of their longtime tormentor, former President Bashar Assad, was here: Saydnaya Prison, a place so ...

But “if you know that the background check is no longer very rigorous ... But soon after the inauguration, his White House also dismissed six lesser-known appointees (including the daughter ...

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We had fair warning. Last month, The New York Times reported that then-candidate Donald Trump’s advisers were telling him to skip FBI background investigations for his high-level selections for ...

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Background checks on incoming presidential appointees have been a part of the system dating back to World War II and the early days of the Cold War. While there are no laws dictating the process ...

an FBI background check. The Trump transition team has so far not signed the requisite agreements with the White House or the Justice Department to allow the FBI to screen his personnel choices ...

After a lengthy delay, President-elect Trump has signed off on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the White House, ...

This time the White House is shrugging it off – even as ... director of the school’s Center on Global Democracy. “They have no illusions about what the change in presidency might mean ...