Ben Carson

Trump administration Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson said on Sunday that he didn’t believe arguing over President Donald Trump’s recent claim about what he has done for the Black community “is not productive.” Carson’s comments came in the form of an interview with ABC This Week host George Stephanopoulos on whether he […]

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said on Sunday that “the vast majority of policemen are wonderful,” Politico reported. Carson appeared on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss the nationwide protests against police brutality. The protests began after the death of George Floyd. A white officer with the Minneapolis Police Department pinned Floyd, […]

President Donald Trump has long been accused of racism dating back to the days before his political career, but now the most high-profile person of color in Trump’s cabinet is sticking up for the president — with something that critics see as an odd endorsement. Trump was joined by Housing Secretary Ben Carson this week […]

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Friday compared the treatment of black members of the Republican Party to slavery at an event for the Black Voices for Trump Coalition, an initiative kicked off Friday by President Trump’s re-election campaign. The news came in a tweet from CNN fact checker Daniel Dale, who was […]

Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Ben Carson defended President Donald Trump against accusations of racism in an interview with Fox News broadcast on Sunday, The New York Post reports. Carson went on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the attacks President Trump has been launching at progressive Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of […]

Lynne Patton, an administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said that she may have broken federal law, and she doesn’t care who knows about it. According to the Huff Post, Patton wrote a message on social media last week saying that she may have violated the Hatch Act, but that she […]

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson broke the law when he spent more than $30,000 of department funds on a dining set for his office, in addition to other pricey amenities, Talking Points Memo reports. Per agency regulations, Carson would have needed to notify Congress when spending […]

President Trump’s ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, reportedly had curtains installed in her New York residence that cost the administration over $50,000, reports The Hill. The installment of the $29,000 curtains and $22,801 motorized opener for the curtains came at a time when the State Department was implementing budget cuts and a hiring freeze. […]

Sean Hannity’s net worth includes nearly $100 million worth of real estate that he helped buy, sell, or manage with the help of Trump attorney Micheal Cohen, whose office was recently raided by the FBI, The Guardian is reporting. What’s more, Hannity seems to have benefited from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]

On Sunday, three administration officials confirmed that President Trump is planning on firing Secretary of Veteran Affairs David Shulkin, the Associated Press reports. This news comes after weeks of speculation on Shulkin’s possible firing due to his alleged spending abuses and overall corruption. While the firing is not a done deal, it would be in […]

Ben Carson is pointing the finger at his wife for buying a $31,000 dining set, telling a Congressional panel on Tuesday that it was her decision to make the controversial buy. Carson had been under fire for the purchase, which went in his office as head of U.S. Housing and Urban Development. Carson was questioned […]

Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request from liberal watchdog group American Oversight reveal more details about HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s involvement in the purchase of a $31,000 dining room set. Earlier reports indicated that Carson and wife Candy did not participate in the selection process, but messages sent directly to the secretary’s […]

Ben Carson, Donald Trump’s appointment to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is under scrutiny after reports leaked that at least $31,000 was spent on dining equipment alone in the expensive remodel of his office suite, the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting. What’s more, an employee is claiming that she was demoted […]

Myeshia Johnson, the pregnant widow of United States Army Sergeant La David Johnson, has been the target of attacks from the Donald Trump administration as well as from Trump supporters online since she received an insensitive call from Trump about the death of her husband in Niger on October 4. In fact, one Trump-supporting former […]

After Donald Trump HUD Secretary Ben Carson downplayed Trump’s comments on Charlottesville and neo-Nazis as “little squabbles,” his Virginia home was vandalized with graffiti. Carson agrees with Trump that the issue is not just with White Supremacists and neo-Nazis, but also with those protesting them. Carson believes that the push back over Trump’s comments are”being […]

There is no stopping Rep. Maxine Waters when it comes to President Donald Trump and Ben Carson. The Congresswoman, who always talks about Trump’s impeachment, is not leaving any stone unturned when it comes to Carson and his policies under housing development. During her speech at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Rep. Maxine Waters […]

Rep. Maxine Waters (D. California), who constantly screams about Donald Trump’s impeachment, went after Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson during a town hall meeting. As reported by Los Angeles Times, at the town hall in Gardena, California, Waters said that Ben Carson should go back to his former profession of being […]

Vice President Mike Pence officiated Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin’s wedding to the Scottish actress Louise Linton on the evening of Saturday, June 24, 2017. The wedding ceremony in Washington was also attended by President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. About 300 guests attended the ceremony that took place at the historic Andrew […]

You may have seen a flurry of shared articles on your Facebook or Twitter feeds touting Dr. Ben Carson for finding more than $500 billion of missing HUD money. While the U.S. government could use the massive windfall, the claim is not quite true. Dr. Ben Carson Finds Half TRILLION Dollars in Errors While Auditing […]

Dr. Ben Carson experienced the fury of the ever-vigilant social media cohort when on Monday he described slaves brought to this country in shackles as immigrants. Celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg also reacted negatively, as did the NAACP and other organizations. The new U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary and former 2016 […]

On Monday, while making his first remarks as the Trump administration’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Ben Carson sparked uproar when he compared African slaves who came to the U.S. shackled in cargo ships to immigrants who came to the country in search of better opportunities. While addressing HUD employees in Washington, Carson described […]

The U.S. House of Representatives confirmed that Ben Carson would be the first African-American member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Moreover, the retired neurosurgeon and ex-presidential candidate has been approved as the new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by the United States Senate for the Trump administration. Mr. Carson was effectively able to receive the […]

Ben Carson has been confirmed by the Senate to act as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in a 58-41 vote. The retired pediatric neurosurgeon entered politics as a hopeful for the Republican presidential nomination before being nominated for the position by President Donald Trump. As the New York Times reports, Democrats in the Senate […]

Steve Harvey is one of the latest celebrities to meet with Donald Trump just ahead of inauguration day. While there has been much speculation about what celebrities, like rapper Kanye West and former NFL-er Ray Lewis, had to discuss with Trump, Harvey was forthcoming about his visit with the president-elect. “We’re gonna team up and […]

During the campaign trail, Donald Trump made a lot of foes due to his aggressive and demeaning rhetoric. As the total number of Republican presidential nominees continued to wind down, there were two “outsiders” who were heavily competing for the nomination: businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. While neither […]

Ben Carson might be on the verge of flip-flopping his stance with regard to being a part of Donald Trump’s administration. Just over a week ago, it was reported that Carson had decided not to consider a job in Trump’s cabinet. However, in a small period of time, Carson appears to have changed his stance. […]

Ben Carson may follow Donald Trump to the White House. Trump even suggested during a recent speech in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, that he hopes Carson will be “very much involved” in his administration in the coming years. Politico also seems to think that newly-elected Donald Trump will appoint Ben Carson as the Health and Human […]

While many in the GOP are dropping Donald Trump like a hot potato following the release of a hot mic recording in which Trump makes aggressive and inappropriate comments about women, many Republicans seem to be overlooking one key factor in this stage of the presidential race. Trump is not replaceable, and changing the ticket […]

In light of recent leaks regarding Donald Trump’s statements about his sexual history, will he lose support? A recording in which Trump describes acts of sexual assault has listeners gasping and shaking their heads, but many evangelical organizations and leaders are releasing statements declaring that they still support Trump — and explaining why. Family Research […]

Jim Bob Duggar and his wife, Michelle, are rubbing elbows with politicians once again. The Counting On stars laid low for over a year after their family’s sexual molestation scandal came to light, but now they’re getting more comfortable being in the public eye. This could be because TLC has given them a larger role […]

Ben Carson is one of the most decorated, but equally controversial, politicians in the United States Republican Party. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1951, he quit his bid for the presidency in March this year and endorsed Donald Trump a week later. He has since been announcing his entry into politics and has been making […]

Dr. Ben Carson had his turn at the podium on Tuesday night during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Carson arrived onstage to rousing applause, with the former Republican Presidential Candidate immediately speaking about his faith in God. Ben spoke about hating political correctness and loving the fact that U.S. money clearly states, “In God […]

Canadian tenor Remigio Pereira altered the lyrics of “O Canada” to include “all lives matter” while singing with his group at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego’s Petco Park on Tuesday night, July 12, 2016, echoing a phrase used by Ben Carson, Ray Lewis, and Janet Jackson. Vancouver-based The Tenors, reacting to […]

President Barack Obama has been surrounded by lots of controversy and scandal, but perhaps none as big as this. Reports have accused Barack Obama of arguing that the country would be “better off” under martial law, and some even state Obama has already signed a bill into law. If the U.S. were under martial law, […]

GOP Presidential aspirant Donald Trump is a “baby Christian,” according to Focus on the Family founder James Dobson in an interview posted on Friday, June 24, 2016, by Pennsylvania pastor Michael Anthony to his blog. Dobson made the statement at a rally of Christian conservatives who came to New York City on Tuesday, June 21, […]

The Orlando shooting has silver linings says a Christian fundamentalist pastor in the U.S. The mass shooting, which killed 49 people inside the Pulse gay bar in Orlando, Florida on June 12 is touted by U.S. President Barack Obama as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. To Steven Anderson, however, the Orlando tragedy is […]

Ben Carson has warned against voting for a third-party presidential candidate in November’s general election – arguing that doing so will create “tremendous carnage and death.” Appearing on Fox News Monday, the retired neurosurgeon and former presidential hopeful also likened the American political system to “a cruise ship that is about to go off of […]

The new buzzwords for the Donald Trump campaign are “crossover support.” Considering most polls still have Donald Trump losing some pretty important states when it comes to taking the presidency, the campaign is starting to try and convince others, and perhaps themselves, that there is crossover support for the candidate. That would mean Donald Trump […]

Dr. Ben Carson is trying to remove doubts about GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump. The retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon issued a commentary stating the significance of who should be elected as the next president. In the article, entitled “The cost of division: Truth and consequences,” published by The Hill, he laid out several points […]

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, said on Wednesday that he’s open to choosing Texas senator Ted Cruz as his running mate before July’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Speaking to Bill O’Reilly on Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, Trump seemed at peace with Cruz, despite their at times bitter and personal exchanges […]

Ben Carson, the former GOP presidential candidate, has now become an ally of Donald Trump’s campaign team after saying that he will help select the presumptive Republican nominee’s running mate. The retired John Hopkins neurosurgeon is said to have become a part of the committee that will help the possible GOP nominee look for the […]

Ben Carson has accomplished a lot in his career as a neurosurgeon. Currently aged 64, he is one of the most celebrated neurosurgeons in the world, with his accomplishments, including the separation of conjoined twins and developing a technique to control seizures. In May of last year, he announced that he would be running for […]

It was just six days ago that former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson found himself in hot water after weighing in on the U.S.’s decision to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. He stated that perhaps the $2 bill would have been a better place for her but now insists that his words were […]

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may have won the New York primaries, but the issue that’s been creating more buzz is the fact that Ben Carson won more votes than Ted Cruz in one district despite him previously dropping out of the race. According to reports, Ben Carson dropped out of the GOP race weeks […]

Former GOP U.S. Presidential candidate Ben Carson doesn’t think that Harriet Tubman belongs on the $20 bill. Rather, the doctor believes that she should be “honored” a little less lavishly. Indeed, Ben Carson thinks that rather than replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, Tubman should be put on a bill that’s worth less. A […]

Ben Carson has compared the delegate election process in Colorado to the racially-oppressive voting rules of the Jim Crow era. The former neurosurgeon and former Republican Presidential primary candidate made the remarks in response to an open memo sent out by RNC Chief Strategist and Communications Director Sean Spicer, who was himself retaliating against repeated […]

Dr. Ben Carson, the former Republican presidential candidate who subsequently endorsed Donald Trump, confessed in a radio interview that “if it was just me,” he would have been a supporter of the #NeverTrump movement. His comments were made on the radio program, Kelley and Kafer, a program hosted by KNUS, AM 710 out of Denver, […]

Donald Trump’s obvious penchant for incendiary tweets has provided fodder for pundits, political rivals, and late-night comedians during the course of the present election cycle. But while many have speculated that Twitter hurts rather than helps Trump’s standing with voters, the candidate often shrugs off criticism and returns to social media time and again. But […]

Ben Carson warned that the Republican Party won’t lose just the Presidency if Donald Trump is not nominated at the GOP convention this year. Carson was asked on Fox and Friends how he felt about a second ballot being recruited to derail the front-runner at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. Carson warned […]

Ben Carson had a particularly rough day on The View Thursday, as Whoopi Goldberg and the other hosts grilled the former presidential candidate about his support for Donald Trump. As the New York Daily News reports, Carson sat down with the ladies of The View for the first time since dropping out of the race […]