The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BLOOMINGTON, MN -- A contractor with the Department of Defense who conducts background checks for federal employment was arrested ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The 7News I-Team learned in early February that USPS Fingerprinting Services Registration at three local U.S. Post Offices in Washington, DC, was down for months, so we started ...

SPOKANE, Wash. The FBI agreed to help Washington State with background checks on people applying for a marijuana license. Spokane leaders were asking for the new policy. The City Council was set to ...

Thirty men were arrested in a recent prostitution sting in Bloomington, police announced on Tuesday. The sting took place over several days, beginning on Feb. 4. Among the men arrested was a federal ...

But I-1639 isn't the only change coming. This year, the FBI — which manages the nationwide background-checks database — announced it would end its so-called "courtesy checks" that allow Washington's ...