A loophole in Arizona law incentivizes public schools to not dig too deeply into possible employees' pasts, with horrific consequences for students.

Trump issued a memo providing temporary security clearances for certain personnel, arguing delays in their vetting were ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown City Council voted 4-3 Wednesday night to authorize an outside investigation and approve the ...

Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the FBI’s background check of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon ...

One daycare center, Quality Learning Center Daycare, had 95 violations between 2019 and 2023, according to DHS records. Those ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Authorities believe there are no survivors after a mid-air collision involving an Army Black Hawk ...

In an effort to prevent possibly dangerous people with mental illness from buying guns, Tennessee passed a law requiring court clerks to report involuntary mental health hospitalizations. A decade ...

Democrats have expressed concern over the delay and how thorough the report on Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick will ...

Democrats and other critics are now demanding that the White House disclose the list and details of the people Trump allowed ...

The order notes these interim clearances aren’t to exceed six months, implying the White House intends for these individuals to go ahead and undergo a background investigation process through ...

The Virginia Department of Social Services expects to clear a backlog of criminal background checks by February 3.

Colon said the center had a “robust” background-check that included social-media screenings ... Late last year, the center ...