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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, TX -- As he gears up for a possible second presidential run, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is crisscrossing the country extolling a business-first philosophy he says made his state's economy white-hot ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he wouldn't speculate whether he'll run for president in 2016, but he did say if the Republicans don't win the Senate this year, it will have a "huge impact" on the ...

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, ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is dropping out of the race for president, ending his second bid for the Republican nomination and becoming the first major candidate of the 2016 campaign ...

It was always going to be this way. Despite his infamous painkiller-fueled bid for the GOP presidential nod in 2012, we all knew that former-Gov. Rick Perry hadn’t given up his dreams of presidential ...

Federal Election Commission records show notable Texans threw their support behind Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, Ben Carson and John Kasich before conceding to Donald Trump in the race for the White House. As ...