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The Reagan administration offers a cautionary tale about cost-cutting zeal crashing up against the reality of how government ...

Tillerson and his wife, Renda, operate a Texas horse ranch called Bar RR Ranches. An Eagle Scout, Tillerson served as president of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 2010 and 2011. As a member of ...

One would be hard pressed to find a single cabinet member or high-level official who will be courageous enough to stand up to President Donald Trump.

The president is entering new and dangerous territory as he pushes ahead with inflation-raising tariffs that could hit US ...

In Trump’s first term, when his political authority was weaker and his advisers more conventional, the president’s aides were able to deflect some of his worst ideas. Officials sometimes ignored or ...

Speech of Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO Exxon Mobil during the World Gas Congres. Paris, in 2015. Credit: ROMUALD MEIGNEUX/SIPA The nomination of ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson to be ...

The US president is a political genius. But he is also, in the memorable phrase, attributed to Rex Tillerson, his first secretary of state, “a fucking moron” when it comes to understanding policy.