background checks
Trump strikes deal with DOJ on background checks for incoming administration officials
“The agreement with the Department of Justice will ensure President Trump and his team are ready on Day 1 to begin enacting the America First Agenda,” Susie Wiles said in...
'Golden Bachelor' Gerry Turner thought STD test would involve checking iris of his eye
"I had to send my fingerprints to the FBI, there were numerous background tests." — Gerry Turner
Safety tool protecting Tinder users against sex offenders ends partnership with dating app giant
Match Group, the corporate parent of Tinder, Match.com, Hinge and Plenty of Fish, is no longer partnering with Garbo, the company that allowed Match's dating app users to conduct background...
Biden beefs up background checks on gun sales, pushes 'red flag' laws
President Biden will issue an executive order during his visit to California on Tuesday to increase the number of background checks before gun purchases, to boost the use of "red...
NYC landlords — and residents — deserve background checks for would-be tenants
If council members really believe what they say, let them build more homeless shelters and low-income housing in their districts. Leave law-abiding citizens alone.
Queens pol demands city stop funding group whose rep spewed anti-Asian hate
"We cannot allow taxpayer dollars to be used to fund groups that engage in such radical and deplorable rhetoric," Councilman Robert Holden wrote.
NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants
A controversial bill prohibiting NYC landlords from performing criminal background checks on prospective tenants is on a fast track to becoming law.
Hochul's chief of staff pays price for disastrous vetting of Benjamin: sources
Gov. Kathy Hochul's longtime chief of staff played a key role in her decision to name Brian Benjamin as her lieutenant governor and missed major red flags, The Post has learned.
Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales
he FBI numbers provided to The Associated Press show the background checks blocked nearly twice as many gun sales in 2020 as in the year before.
EEOC files lawsuit on behalf of employee fired for refusing to be fingerprinted
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Minnesota firm after a worker was fired for denying his fingerprint for religious reasons.
Texas to allow carrying handguns without permit or background check
State lawmakers approved a controversial bill Monday that would lift some of the remaining gun-carry restrictions in the Lone Star state – and Gov. Greg Abbott has said he plans...
What Biden's executive actions on guns are expected to target
President Biden on Wednesday said that he's preparing to announce new restrictions on guns in response to recent mass shootings. Biden said at a White House event, "l'll be talking...
Boulder shooting suspect reportedly passed gun background check
A store where the suspect in the Colorado supermarket massacre bought his gun reportedly said the sale was lawful after he passed a background check. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21,...
The Post says: Get weapons of war off America's streets
Eight slain in Atlanta, now 10 in Boulder. Your town could be next. Can the nation finally do something about weapons of war on our streets? President Joe Biden called...
Tinder will allow users to run background check on dates
You can see if they're in the criminal date-abase.
Gun background checks soar to all-time high amid national unrest
Background checks for gun sales skyrocketed in June -- hitting an all-time monthly high amid the coronavirus pandemic and national anti-police protests, according to a report. The FBI's National Instant...
Gun background checks smash records amid coronavirus fears
Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled by a run on guns from Americans worried about their safety during the coronavirus...
Gun background checks in 2019 set to break 2016 record
Background checks on gun purchases in the US are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in...
Man becomes first to lose guns under New York's 'red flag' law
An upstate man busted for shooting a car and then threatening to harm himself is the first person to have his guns confiscated under New York’s new “red flag” law....
NY gun law set to go into effect, will close 'Charleston Loophole'
The new law creates a 30-day period before allowing a sale to proceed if a background check does not come back instantly with a “proceed” notification from the National Instant...