While President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is beginning the process to undergo an FBI background check, the intensive review may not provide the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner awarded licenses this week to 70 medical marijuana businesses before out-of-state criminal background checks could be done through an FBI database, as ...

The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported on Friday that firearm background checks rose 1.0% year-over-year to 2,757,367 in December to mark a new monthly high for the year ...

The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported that firearm background checks fell 1.9% year-over-year to 2,575,550 in March, although the tally was still the third highest over ...

NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is reporting that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 530,156 background checks related to firearms for the week ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) | Wisconsin will soon join the majority of states that require FBI background checks for child care providers, their employees and household members in a move advocates say is an ...