WASHINGTON — Before Ben Carson accepted President Donald Trump’s offer to become secretary of housing and urban development, a friend implored him to turn down the job to preserve the reputation he ...

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has come almost out of nowhere in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination, rising from the quiet, almost overlooked candidate in the first debate to now ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, best-selling author and former presidential candidate. When Carson became ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during President Donald Trump's first term, is back in the Trump administration as national nutrition adviser.