HUD
The proposed budget would ramp up military spending, while decreasing funds for scientific research, the arts community and programs that significantly impact the poor.
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.
Ben Carson considers a Trump cabinet position. Previously, the retired surgeon said he's unqualified to head a federal department.
If you thought housing discrimination was dead — you thought wrong. According to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, housing discrimination is still…