Perry is the new secretary of energy. — -- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was confirmed Thursday as secretary of the Department of Energy -- an agency he had once sought to eliminate. When running ...

He announced his decision in a speech to the Eagle Forum in St. Louis, where he expressed his belief in conservative principals as well as in his Christian faith. “That is why today I am suspending my ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ended his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Friday, becoming the first major candidate of the 2016 campaign to give up on the White House. The ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry all but confirmed a run for the White House in 2016 during an interview on Fox News on Wednesday. Perry said he started an “intense program” in late 2012 focusing on ...

Texas' highest criminal court has dismissed the second and final felony charge against former Gov. Rick Perry, likely ending a case the Republican says helped sink his short-lived 2016 presidential ...

The former Texas governor wasn't the only one attracting attention. — -- Rick Perry's speech wasn't the only part of his presidential announcement that had people talking today. Many viewers were ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed Wednesday that a judge's refusal to quash felony abuse of power charges won't derail -- or even delay -- his preparations for a possible 2016 presidential run, ...

DES MOINES — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said it’s not too early for anybody to think about running for president in 2016, it’s just too early for him. “Certainly, if I were to be making a plan for 2016, ...

Fish swim and birds fly and politicians run for political office – these truths are pretty self-evident. But it still comes as a faint shock that Gov. Rick Perry popped up in Iowa this week lambasting ...

Texas Governor Rick Perry will not run for reelection next year, he announced today. "The time has come," he said, "to pass on the mantle of leadership." He will probably run for president in 2016, ...

Outgoing energy secretary Rick Perry is defending chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s disastrous news conference Thursday — one that Mulvaney himself has walked back. Appearing on America’s Newsroom Friday ...