Ben Carson

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testifies at a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

‘3,000 people died’: Democrat accuses Ben Carson of corruption and mismanagement of Puerto Rico aid

Nihal Krishan · October 22, 2019 4:28 pm

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property Monday, July 30, 2018, in Aurora, Colo.

Beltway Confidential

Liberals, not Ben Carson, spout ‘harmful’ transgender rhetoric

Madeline Fry Schultz · September 24, 2019 10:18 pm

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property Monday, July 30, 2018, in Aurora, Colo.

Ben Carson defends comments about transgender people and slams press for ‘blatant mischaracterizations’

Carlin Becker · September 21, 2019 12:03 am

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property Monday, July 30, 2018, in Aurora, Colo.

‘Big, hairy men’: Carson outrages HUD staffers with comments about transgender homeless

John Gage · September 20, 2019 1:08 am

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property Monday, July 30, 2018, in Aurora, Colo.

Ben Carson cleared of wrongdoing in furniture controversy

Zach Halaschak · September 12, 2019 3:43 pm

This June 18, 2018, file photo shows an aerial view of the Amelia neighborhood in the municipality of Catano, east of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Washington Secrets

HUD seeks financial probe of Puerto Rico agency set to get $8.2 billion

Paul Bedard · September 10, 2019 7:03 pm

In this May 16, 2018 photo, deteriorated U.S. and Puerto Rico flags fly on a roof eight months after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the Barrio Jacana Piedra Blanca area of Yabucoa, a town where many continue without power in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican officials said 98.86 percent of PREPA's customers had electricity on May 17, but many remain without power as the longest blackout in U.S. history continues.

US delays disaster aid to Puerto Rico as distribution of $16B starts on mainland

Melissa Quinn · August 2, 2019 9:14 pm

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks during a news conference.

Ben Carson laments social decay after Baltimore church boots him from property

Daniel Chaitin · July 31, 2019 11:27 pm

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson addresses the media outside of The Village at Westerly Creek after touring the HUD funded property Monday, July 30, 2018, in Aurora, Colo.

‘Horrible dilemma’: Ben Carson describes the pain of sending children back to Baltimore homes

Ellie Bufkin · July 30, 2019 1:16 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Palm Beach learns to love Trump

Rob Crilly · May 31, 2019 12:00 am

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testifies at a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats attack Ben Carson for stripping illegal immigrants of federal housing assistance

Ying Ma · May 23, 2019 3:56 pm

In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, photo, construction worker Elabert Salazar works on a house frame for a new home in Chula Vista, Calif. U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in November after starting work in October at the fastest pace in four years. Superstorm Sandy likely slowed starts in the Northeast. The Commerce Department said Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, that builders began construction of houses and apartments at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000. That was 3 percent less than October's annual rate of 888,000, the fastest since July 2008. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beltway Confidential

If Trump wants black votes, he should talk about illegal immigrants seizing rare public housing spots

Eddie Scarry · May 22, 2019 10:36 pm