Carson accepts Trump's offer to head Housing and Urban Development: WSJ

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a former presidential rival, on Wednesday accepted an offer from President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a Carson spokesman. As recently as last week, Carson had told The Washington Post he was not interested in a Cabinet job, saying, "Having me as a federal bureaucrat would be like a fish out of water." But he and Trump met on Tuesday at T