The latest Rick Perry news from The Texas Tribune. by Justin Dehn Dec. 16, 2016 In the Roundup: Donald Trump selects former Gov. Rick Perry to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, Gov. Greg Abbott ...

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 ...

ADDISON, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, pledging to “end an era of failed leadership” and hoping this campaign ...

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 suspended his 2016 presidential campaign on Friday, and took a few shots at frontrunner Donald Trump on the way out. “[W]e cannot indulge nativist appeals that divide the ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is focusing on the Sunshine State as he readies for a second try for the White House in 2016. Perry came to Jacksonville this week, appearing at events with former ...

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 ...

Rick Perry has tapped a Washington fundraiser to handle outreach to conservatives as he expands his political operation in anticipation of a presidential bid. The former Texas governor last week hired ...

Retiring Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, is keeping Florida in his sights as he contemplates a second bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Perry has been here before and Florida was not ...

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 ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is another former 2016 GOP candidate who first chose to endorse a different candidate before landing on Trump. In Perry's case, it was Ted Cruz. According to the Texas ...