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As senators prepare to consider President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet, they may be doing so without a well-established staple of the confirmation 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, both for the process of obtaining security clearances and meeting the Senate?s usual standards for nominations. Dan Meyer, partner at Tully Rinckey Law Firm, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was not reconsidering the nomination of former Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general. Gaetz, 42, who was investigated by the Justice Department for nearly three years over sex trafficking allegations involving a 17-year-old girl, was tapped by Trump on Wednesday to run the agency when he returns to the White House in January. Cayce Myers, professor and director of graduate studies at Virginia Tech School of Communication, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

LiveNOW's Austin Westfall breaks down Trump's mass deportation plans with Charles Marino, a former senior advisor of the Department of Homeland Security.

House Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel’s long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said.

The House Ethics Committee has not reached an agreement to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the panel?s chairman told reporters on Wednesday. The bipartisan panel met behind closed doors for over two hours.

President-elect Trump on Wednesday tapped former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to become U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in his new administration. Trump described Whitaker, who is from Iowa, as "a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended."

An unauthorized person gained access to a file containing confidential testimony from women who have made allegations about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump?s pick to become the next attorney general, a lawyer said Tuesday.m of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Richard Painter, fomrer White House ethics lawyer, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday night that he intends to appoint Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to lead the Department of Education. LiveNOW from FOX host Josh Breslow spoke to Rich Rubino, political analyst and historian on the latest.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary.

Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump?s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.

President-elect Trump is expected to choose Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of the Department of Education in his new Cabinet.

LiveNOW's Andrew Craft discusses Trump's latest cabinet picks and who he might choose as treasury secretary with Anthony Esposito, president and CEO of Island Capital Investments.

New York prosecutors say they are opposed to dismissing President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case, but are open to delaying his sentencing. LiveNOW's Andrew Craft breaks it down with legal analyst Randy Zelin.