Analysis: HUD plan would raise rents for poor by 20 percent
Housing Secretary Ben Carson says his latest proposal to raise rents would mean a path toward self-sufficiency for millions of low-income households across the United States by pushing more people to find work. For Ebony Morris and her four small children, it could mean homelessness.
Trump taps Carson as housing secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Carson buries ‘the hatchet,’ endorses Trump for president
Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he and Donald Trump have “buried the hatchet” after months of political wrangling, and he is endorsing the GOP front-runner’s White House bid.
Ben Carson: ‘No path forward’ in his bid for White House
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said he is effectively ending his bid for the White House Wednesday, concluding a roller-coaster campaign that briefly took him to the top of a chaotic GOP field but ended with a Super Tuesday whimper.
Carson questions Obama blackness in fading campaign
Ben Carson is trying to reinvigorate his campaign for Republican presidential nomination by becoming the latest to question Barack Obama’s blackness ahead of critical upcoming votes.
As many African-American see it, there are two Ben Carsons
Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it.
Carson says safe zones in Syria better than refuge in US
Republican Ben Carson said Friday that creating safe zones in Syria and establishing a coalition government in the war-torn nation are better ways to deal with Syrian refugees than resettling them in the United States.
AP Exclusive: Carson profits from ties with convicted felon
Republican presidential contender Ben Carson has maintained a business relationship with a close friend convicted of defrauding insurance companies and testified on his behalf, even as the candidate has called for such crimes to be punished harshly.
Kathleen Parker: Does anyone really know who Ben Carson is?
In the annals of presidential politics, it’s hard to recall anyone who has tried so hard to be so ordinary.
For Carson, debates have played limited role in his rise
For some Republican presidential candidates, the party’s first three primary debates have been pivotal proving grounds that have strengthened their campaigns or shaken their supporters.
Ben Carson isn’t among them.
Now a front-runner, Carson faces scrutiny that comes with it
Ben Carson rose to top the Republican ranks of White House hopefuls as the wise outsider — a candidate without any experience in office, but one who offers a compelling personal narrative, speaks openly of his deep Christian faith and issues calm-but-tough indictments of the nation’s leaders.
Experts dismiss Carson’s belief pyramids used to store grain
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday stood by his belief that Egypt’s great pyramids were built by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain, an assertion dismissed by experts who say it’s accepted science they were tombs for pharaohs.
Carson: Can a man of great surgical skill lead a nation?
Ben Carson is the only 2016 candidate for president who has never led a state or company or run for political office. No matter, he says. Surely someone who can perform life-or-death surgeries can run the country.
Ben Carson’s gun comments highlight free-wheeling style
Ben Carson suggested last week the Holocaust wouldn’t have happened if Jews in Europe were better armed.
GOP wants to broaden appeal; will candidates get in the way?
Anyone in America can grow up to be president, as the saying goes — unless you happen to be a Muslim, a leading Republican presidential candidate believes.
Amid Trump bombast, Ben Carson rises in GOP field
Amid all the bombast in the Republican race for president, Ben Carson comes across more like a whisper.
Columbus native helps presidential campaign
William Russell never expected to be part of a presidential campaign.