Department of Housing and Urban Development
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Robert C. Weaver became the first Black member of a presidential cabinet on this day in 1966.
Ben Carson is putting a new spin on Donald Trump's infamous presidential campaign slogan. The HUD secretary wants to make, and keep, America segregated again, according to the agency's latest proposed rule.
The former doctor is blaming everyone but himself.
The former doctor's mistakes will affect millions of people.
HUD event planner Lynne Patton used Twitter to publicly mock the physical appearance of White House correspondent April Ryan.
The Senate voted 58-41 to confirm Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and presidential candidate, as the leader of HUD.
Carson, like Betsy DeVos, was nominated to head an agency where he holds no actual past job experience.
The Trump administration fired Shermichael Singleton, who was one of a few black conservatives and a top aide to Ben Carson, from his post as a senior advisor this week after Trump's advisors found public writings of Singleton criticizing POTUS.
According to Harvey, the two met on Friday to discuss Donald Trump’s strategies for urban development and ways to better inner city communities.
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