Overseeing the FDA, NIH and several other public health and medical research divisions, the HHS secretary is a powerful force ...

The work of the Department of Health and Human Services affects every American in many ways. Here's a look at the organization, its services and why that work matters.

If he is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take over a sprawling bureaucracy with ...

Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), putting her at the center of an administration focused heavily on immigration. The 59-34 vote to confirm Noem capped off a ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was sworn in as Department of Homeland Security secretary by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at his home Saturday, following a scheduling hiccup earlier in the day.

The Social Security Administration says millions of retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions may have to wait up to a year or longer to reap the benefits of ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) has ordered an immediate worldwide pause to its social media pages and is ... relative to the DOD's current border security operations announced yesterday by ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Governor Tina Kotek and the Oregon Department of Education announced Thursday the launch of the Online Report Card that makes crucial K-12 public education data more ...

FILE - In this photo illustration, a Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury on October 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images ...