Ben Carson

Opinion 07/19/21, 19:57

A Republican from Michigan openly opposed critically examining the law and challenging mainstream liberal approaches to racial justice. Ben Carson joined a growing chorus of dissent against the controversial critical race theory (CRT) movement in education. The previous housing and urban development secretary suggested the Democratic Party has seized on CRT (also ...

U.S. 09/26/20, 10:41

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson has warned that the African American race—and also the white race—"is being manipulated" to "divide" Americans and “create chaos.” Speaking at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, on Thursday, Sept. 24, Carson lamented that even though the country is no longer ...

Politics 07/24/20, 04:07

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday, July 23, slammed President Donald Trump's decision to end the Obama-era housing regulation, calling it “a betrayal of our nation’s founding values of equality and opportunity for all.” The White House announced earlier in the day that it is revoking the Obama administration's 2015 ...

U.S. 07/02/20, 04:41

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson on Wednesday, July 1, criticized Black Lives Matter as the movement gained momentum following the death of George Floyd, calling it a "Marxist–driven organization." “Do black lives matter? I think everybody would agree that they do," Carson told Fox News anchor Martha ...

U.S. 06/15/20, 04:33

Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development said “respect” is something he believes people need to have with those in authority, such as police officers. However, said Carson, we need to sift out racist cops from the force. Carson was asked by host Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," ...

Trending 12/06/19, 02:43

Proposed restrictions to a federal aid program will encourage more Americans to work instead of relying on handouts, a key presidential adviser said on Dec. 4. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue (R) plans to limit states from exempting work eligible adults from having to maintain steady employment in order to receive Supplemental ...

D.C. 11/25/19, 01:09

A congresswoman who has been in politics for more than 20 years became visibly uncomfortable during a nationally televised interview about her alleged lack of manners on Nov. 24. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) appeared to squirm in her chair after MSNBC presenter Joy-Ann Reid discussed a "harsh letter" the congresswoman recently ...

U.S. 07/31/19, 18:45

Housing Secretary Ben Carson, held a press conference on Wednesday, July 31, in Baltimore, in an attempt to defuse the situation after President Trump called the city a “disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess.” Carson is only too aware of the problems and stands by the president’s remarks. "You know, it's sort of ...

U.S. 07/31/19, 04:43

The Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has backed up President Trump’s summary of Baltimore, which he described in his tweets over the weekend as a "disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess," adding that "no human being would want to live there." Carson appeared on Fox News on Monday, July 29, ...

Politics 07/20/19, 07:30

While many Democrats are accusing President Donald Trump of "racism" because of a controversial tweet, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is countering the narrative by touting the president’s policies. “I have an advantage of knowing the president very well, and he’s not a racist,"  Carson said in a Wednesday ...

Opinion 05/23/19, 03:14

We no longer live in a constitutional republic. We live in an idiocracy. Only in modern-day America, under the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, is the basic proposition that federally subsidized public housing should benefit American citizens and legal residents slammed as “despicable” and “damaging.” Those are the hysterical words used by ...

Politics 05/21/19, 20:18

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson encountered Democrats ' severe criticism on Tuesday as he raised concerns at a Capitol Hill meeting about a suggested rule shift that would strip illegal immigrants of government residential help. Democratic representatives of the House Financial Services Committee criticized President Trump's residential secretary ...

Politics 05/17/19, 15:18

Government auditors say Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson violated the law when his department spent more than $40,000 to purchase a dining set and a dishwasher for his office's executive dining room. In a report released Thursday, the Government Accountability Office says the agency failed to notify Congress before ...

U.S. 01/31/19, 16:51

New York City and U.S. housing officials announced a deal Thursday that will keep the city's massive public housing system out of federal receivership, but require the city to spend $2.2 billion over the next few years fixing chronic problems with lousy living conditions, lead paint and lack of heat. The ...

U.S. 10/18/18, 19:20

Contradicting a claim by a Cabinet secretary, the Interior Department said Thursday that a political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not be reassigned to lead an internal watchdog agency at Interior.Spokeswoman Heather Swift said in a statement that an email sent by HUD Secretary Ben ...

Politics 10/17/18, 11:58

The Trump administration is moving to reassign a political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development to lead an internal watchdog agency at the Interior Department.An email sent by HUD Secretary Ben Carson to staff says assistant HUD secretary Suzanne Israel Tufts will take over as acting inspector ...

U.S. 09/21/18, 22:45

Housing Secretary Ben Carson is attributing the controversy over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to people who want to "fundamentally change this country."Carson said Friday that Kavanaugh's opponents have become "desperate.""And now they don't see themselves as being able to control the courts for another generation," Carson added. "So what ...